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    Aaron Hernandez Kills Himself

    NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- Massachusetts State Police searched the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday night in connection with a possible homicide. A source with knowledge of the investigation said police spoke to Hernandez on Monday.

    About 10 police cars flanked Hernandez's home Tuesday night, with cops searching Hernandez's home for more than two hours. One detective was seen leaving the house with a cardboard box.

    Hernandez is not believed to be a murder suspect, according to a source, but a vehicle rented in his name has emerged as a key piece of evidence in the investigation. The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro, Mass., reported on Tuesday that police identified a rented 2013 Chevrolet Suburban with Rhode Island license plates in connection with the possible homicide. According to the paper, the vehicle is registered to Enterprise and investigators were hoping to analyze it for fingerprints. A source said Hernandez's name is tied to that rental vehicle.

    A jogger found the body of a 27-year-old Boston man on Monday in an North Attleboro clearing, less than a mile from Hernandez's home.

    An unmarked car was blocking the driveway to Hernandez's home. Yasmina Serdarevic, a spokesperson for the Bristol County District Attorney's Office, declined comment on Tuesday afternoon when contacted by SI.com.

    A source close to Hernandez acknowledged a connection between the player and the case, but would not elaborate. Athletes First, Hernandez's agency, declined comment when contacted by SI.com. Hernandez has consulted with a lawyer, who did not return a call from SI.com.

    A fourth-round pick in the 2010 draft, Hernandez was named to the Pro Bowl in his second season. Last season he caught 51 passes and scored five touchdowns for the Patriots.

    After the police arrived 7 p.m., two males attempted to leave the house and questioned the blocking of the driveway. After several minutes they were taken away separately by police, but weren't handcuffed.

    North Attleboro is 40 miles south of Boston and 13 miles south of Foxboro, where the Patriots play their home games. Hernandez's area of North Attleboro is popular with Patriots players, as Hernandez bought the home belonging to former Patriot Ty Warren.

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl...omicide-probe/

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    Aaron Hernandez's accuser never mentioned him to police

    By Mike Garafolo
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    The man who is suing Aaron Hernandez and claiming the New England Patriots tight end shot him in the face told responding police the night of the incident he was shot by "both black and Hispanic males," according to a police report obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

    Alexander S. Bradley, a 30-year-old Connecticut native who is the plaintiff in the suit against Hernandez, initially told police he didn't know who shot him but then provided the description of the two males to Officer Alex Mack, according to the 17-page report. Bradley then said he didn't want to talk anymore because it hurt, the report stated. When he refused to cooperate with investigators later at the hospital, police deemed his case to be inactive.

    Last week, attorneys for Bradley filed a lawsuit in a South Florida district court alleging it was Hernandez who aimed and fired a gun at Bradley while they were in a vehicle traveling from Miami toward Palm Beach, after a night of partying at strip clubs on about Feb. 13. Bradley was found alone in an alley behind a John Deere shop, bleeding from his head and right hand, at 6:47 a.m. Feb. 13. Riviera Beach is about an hour north of Miami.

    DOCUMENT: Complaint against Aaron Hernandez http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sport...-complaint.pdf

    This court filing, and the February police report, came to light as police in Massachusetts continue to investigate the homicide of a 27-year-old man in North Attleborough, Mass. Police there spent more than two hours searching Hernandez's home on Tuesday, with a sports utility vehicle rented in Hernandez's name considered a vehicle of interest.

    Hernandez has not been named as a suspect, or even a person of interest, in that case, and his agent and lawyer have declined to comment.

    Bradley's lawsuit was initially filed on June 13, but the complaint was withdrawn on Monday because of an error with the paper work, attorney David Jarslawicz told USA TODAY Sports. The lawsuit was to be refiled on Wednesday, Jarslawicz said.

    According to Bradley's complaint, he lost his right eye and has undergone multiple surgeries to reconstruct the area of his face around the eye. The complaint also indicates Bradley will have to undergo future procedures on his face and arm as well. Bradley is seeking damages in excess of $100,000.

    Bradley's attorneys allege Hernandez, who attended the University of Florida from 2007-2009, was not legally licensed to carry the firearm, which they claim he pointed at Bradley sometime after the two men and two others left Tootsie's, a strip club in Miami where they allege the two had an argument.

    HOMICIDE CONNECTION? Cops return to Hernandez's home

    "We don't know whether it was accidental or deliberate," Jaroslawicz said when asked how and why the gun was allegedly discharged. "If we get to take Mr. Hernandez's testimony, perhaps he will tell us he accidentally pulled the trigger or maybe he did it on purpose."

    Hernandez was issued a summons to answer the complaint.

    Police say Bradley was treated at the scene and taken to nearby St. Mary's Hospital, where Jaroslawicz said Bradley remained for a few weeks. Police say that, when questioned at the hospital, Bradley maintained ignorance about who shot him, though they claim he told them the wounds were "absolutely not" self-inflicted.

    Bradley and Hernandez are natives of Connecticut, with about 20 miles separating Hernandez's hometown of Bristol and Bradley's address in East Hartford. According to court records in Connecticut, Bradley pleaded guilty in 2006 to a felony charge of sale of a hallucinogen/narcotic. He was sentenced to five years in jail, but the sentence was suspended after 18 months, according to court records. He also received five years' probation.

    The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office has not responded to requests from USA TODAY Sports about the status of the shooting case, in light of the recent lawsuit.

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    Police return to home of Patriots' Aaron Hernandez

    BOSTON (AP) — A man found dead in an industrial park about a mile from New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's house was a semi-pro football player with connections to Hernandez, his family said Wednesday.

    Ursula Ward said police told her the body was that of her son Odin Lloyd, who played for the Boston Bandits.

    "My son is a wonderful child," she said, crying as she spoke outside the family's home in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood. "He's a family guy. He hasn't done anything to hurt anyone."

    Ward would not say how Lloyd knew Hernandez and did not say if police told her how her son died. Earlier, an uncle said Lloyd had a connection to Hernandez but wouldn't elaborate.

    State police returned for the second day Wednesday to Hernandez's sprawling home in an upscale subdivision in North Attleborough, on the Rhode Island state line not far from the Patriots' stadium in Foxborough. They referred questions about their investigation to Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter, who released no information about the case.

    Hernandez attorney Michael Fee acknowledged media reports about the state police search of Hernandez's home as part of an investigation but said he and the player wouldn't have any comment on it.

    Sports Illustrated, citing an unidentified source, reported Tuesday that Hernandez was not believed to be a suspect in what was being treated as a possible homicide.

    Two troopers knocked on the door of Hernandez's house Wednesday morning, but no one answered. The night before, police spent hours there as another group of officers searched the industrial park.

    Later Wednesday, at least seven state troopers searched both sides of a road just off the street where Hernandez lives. The officers used thin poles to pull back plants and search through undergrowth along the road.

    Hernandez returned home during the early afternoon Wednesday, wearing a Patriots sweatshirt and a red hat and carrying what looked like a sports drink. He did not speak to a crowd of reporters staked out about 100 feet away.

    The Patriots drafted Hernandez out of Florida in 2010. Since then, he has combined with Rob Gronkowski to form one of the top tight end duos in the NFL. He missed 10 games last season with an ankle injury and had shoulder surgery in April but is expected to be ready for training camp. Last summer, the Patriots gave him a five-year contract worth $40 million.

    Patriots spokesman Stacey James said the team did not anticipate commenting publicly during the police investigation.

    Sports Illustrated reported that the link between Hernandez and the case was a rented Chevrolet Suburban with Rhode Island plates that police had been searching for. The Associated Press could not independently confirm the report.

    Lloyd's neighbor Larry Connors said a black Suburban with Rhode Island license plates was towed out of the yard of Lloyd's house after his body was found. Lloyd had been driving it for a few days, but Connors had never seen it before that.

    Neighbor Paul Sandefur, a retired transit police officer, said he had known Lloyd since he was in diapers and was at a loss to explain what might have led to his death.

    "We conversed every day," Sandefur said. "He'd tease me about coming over to play basketball because I used to tell all the kids I could beat them. He was an exceptional kid. It's just inconceivable that something would happen to him."

    Both neighbors thought Lloyd worked in construction, and neither knew of any connection between him and Hernandez.

    Bandits coach Olivier Bustin, who last saw Lloyd on Saturday at a team scrimmage and heard on Tuesday he had been killed, said he never knew him to be in trouble.

    "He was a personable guy, just a guy who was well-liked by everybody on the team," said the coach, who said Lloyd didn't start but played a big role on defense.

    Lloyd's sister, Olivia Thibou, said her brother always had her back.

    "And, you know, it's just tough that he's not here," she said. "As my mom said, just give us our time to grieve. And I hope that they find out who did it."

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...sland/2438183/

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    Resident says townspeople assume Aaron Hernandez is guilty

    NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. – The scene on Ronald C. Meyers Drive in Westwood Estates was like any played out in scores of neighborhoods across the country on any given Thursday afternoon. A group of kids playing roller hockey in a driveway. A small black-and-white dog rolling on a front yard. Some younger kids chasing each other on another lawn. Parents pushing strollers. A school bus dropping kids off after school. Even the ice cream truck came by.

    But the dozens of satellite TV trucks and cars lining the street and the scores of media staked out in an undeveloped lot across from No. 22 belied the normalcy. A near-constant stream of vehicles filled the street. A couple of kids on bikes rode up and down the street, calling out the various states represented by the license plates – Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, New York. People who didn't seem to be from the neighborhood walked by to see what was going on.

    All this, even though the subject of all the attention had not been home for several hours.

    Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, the subject of a homicide investigation, left his large grey-shingled home with a three-car garage shortly after 11 a.m. on Thursday in a white Audi SUV. He was followed by media helicopters as he drove to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, and then later to Boston, probably to meet with his lawyer. In between was a stop at a gas station, where he was approached by several members of the media but did not make a comment.

    Near Corliss Landing, less than a mile away from Hernandez's home as the crow flies, two police cars sat at the end of dirt road near where 27-year-old Odin Lloyd's body was found Monday.

    Steve Varney, a long-time resident of North Attleboro, knew Hernandez lived in town, but until Thursday afternoon had no idea where. So, he set out on his Keeway moped to find out.

    "It's a circus," he said. "When I was riding up here, I did not expect to see all these cars. And then when I see all the cameras lined up, there's got to be about 30. It's just wow."

    Varney, though, said he feels like most people in town.

    "They just, for the most part, are getting a big kick out of it," he said. "But they don't seem to be backing him up, that's for sure. From what I've heard, they just assume he's guilty. And it's just another circus with the NFL."

    Hernandez is not the first Patriots player to live in the neighborhood. One resident said Ty Warren, Deion Branch and Richard Seymour have all been neighbors. Hernandez bought the home from Warren.

    "This is what I call the quietest street in America," said a resident of Ronald C. Meyers Drive and father of two, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the case. "But it just feels like the innocence is gone a little bit. A lot of these guys, that's why they move here because of what this neighborhood offers. It's families. It's kids. The ice cream man comes by and it's the biggest thrill of the day.

    "My oldest, he's 14. The first thing he said was he doesn't want anything bad to happen. And when you hear something like that, it's hard to explain. And (Hernandez is) a kid himself.

    "Honestly, he's great because he's like any other neighbor. Waves and says hi. I say hi. He just moved in. He's always cordial. My little one goes out to get ice cream. He comes out and gets ice cream, too. And they talk about which ice cream they like the best. That's like any neighbor. It's no different."

    But this week it certainly has been.

    "I left at 4:30 this morning for work. What you see is what I left with," the resident said.

    And it's been like this since Monday, when news broke of the investigation and authorities' interest in Hernandez.

    "I think waking up at 5 or 6 in the morning and hearing helicopters over your house is not something that you're used to," said the neighbor, who has lived in the area for just over four years.

    Varney, meanwhile, awaits movement in the case.

    "It's really too bad if he is guilty, if he's part of it, it's really too bad, because everybody loved him -- the Patriots and partly him. But what are you gonna do?" he said.

    What is Varney going to do? He described himself as a "big time" Patriots fan. Does this affect his feelings for the team?

    "Not at all," he said with a laugh. "Just win, baby."

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...lloyd/2443709/

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    Arrest warrant issued for NFL Patriots' Hernandez amid murder probe

    Authorities plan to arrest New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez for allegedly interfering with a murder investigation, a law enforcement official familiar with the case said on Friday.

    An arrest warrant for obstruction of justice has been issued for Hernandez, 23, a star tight end in the National Football League, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

    Hernandez is at the center of an investigation into the shooting death of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd, a semi-professional football player for the Boston Bandits.

    Lloyd's body was discovered on Monday in an industrial park in the town of Attleborough, Massachusetts, about 40 miles south of Boston and less than a mile from Hernandez's home in North Attleborough.

    Police have searched Hernandez's house and questioned him.

    Michael Fee, an attorney for Hernandez, was not immediately available for comment. The Bristol County District Attorney's office did not return messages seeking comment.

    Hernandez has been a key part of a potent Patriots offense led by quarterback Tom Brady.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...95K0NC20130621

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    I am going to go off on a long reach here and suggest that this might be a lovers quarrel.


    I mean who would let themselves be shot and NOT call the cops the first time? Unless you were expecting a payment of some type.

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    Hernandez was briefly implicated in a shooting here in Florida, except the victim didn't make a positive ID.

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...adley/2438713/

    But that's a different guy from the Massachusetts victim.

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    And it gets weirder....

    Court clerk: No arrest warrant issued for Aaron Hernandez

    As dueling reports dispute whether an arrest warrant has been issued for Aaron Hernandez, a homicide investigation continues to swirl around the New England Patriots tight end.

    WBZ NewsRadio 1030, a CBS affiliate in Boston, reported Friday morning that a warrant had been issued and Hernandez would be charged with obstruction of justice in connection with the shooting death of a friend whose body was found dumped in an industrial park less than a mile from Hernandez's home in North Attleborough, Mass.

    But a clerk in the Attleboro District Court told USA TODAY Sports no arrest record has been issued yet for Hernandez or anyone else in the case.

    The body of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd of Dorchester, Mass., was found Monday. He had been shot in the head, according to several reports. The Boston Globe reported Friday that Lloyd had been shot multiple times. Lloyd's family has said he had some connection to Hernandez but would not elaborate.

    The Boston Globe reported Friday that police have surveillance videos that show Hernandez with Lloyd on the morning police say Lloyd was killed.

    ABC News has reported that persons with knowledge of the investigation have said Hernandez destroyed his cell phone and surveillance videos from the cameras at his home, and that his home was cleaned hours after police believe Odin was killed.

    The Globe reported a police source who said Lloyd was killed where the body was found.

    Hernandez also is being sued in South Florida by a man claiming Hernandez shot him in the face after they argued at a strip club. The lawsuit was filed late Wednesday by 30-year-old Alexander Bradley.

    In his federal lawsuit seeking at least $100,000 in damages, Bradley claims he and Hernandez were with a group in February at Tootsie's club in Miami when the two got into an argument. Later, as they were driving to Palm Beach County, Bradley claims Hernandez shot him with a handgun, causing him to lose his right eye.

    Bradley, who is from Connecticut, also suffers from jaw pain, headaches, permanent injury to his right hand and arm and will probably need further surgery, according to the lawsuit. He has already undergone facial reconstruction surgery and has plates and screws in the right side of his face.

    Bradley "will require extensive medical care and treatment for the rest of his life," the four-page lawsuit says.

    Bradley did not mention Hernandez in a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office report at the time. Bradley, found shot and bleeding Feb. 13 in an alley behind a John Deere store, insisted to investigators he did not know who shot him and gave only a vague description of possible assailants. A store employee found Bradley after hearing a shot outside, but the store's video surveillance system wasn't working.

    Hernandez's lawyer did not immediately respond Thursday to an email seeking comment about the lawsuit. The lawsuit does not mention how Hernandez and Bradley are acquainted.

    In another development Thursday, police in Providence, R.I., said Hernandez was taunted in May by a man at a nightclub near the Brown University campus but walked away. The man followed Hernandez for three blocks and a crowd formed, held back by police while Hernandez got into his vehicle and left.

    Meanwhile, in Massachusetts, family and police were mum on the nature of Hernandez's relationship to Lloyd, who played for the Boston Bandits semi-pro team.

    Media camped out Thursday at Hernandez's home, on the Rhode Island state line not far from the Patriots' stadium in Foxborough. A news helicopter followed along as Hernandez drove in a white SUV from his home to the stadium, then got out and went inside.

    Patriots spokesman Stacey James said the team had no comment on why Hernandez was there. He said earlier that the team did not anticipate commenting publicly during the police investigation.

    A Massachusetts State Police emergency response team on Thursday was searching the brush with metal detectors and poles on a road leading to the entrance to Hernandez's subdivision.

    Hernandez attorney Michael Fee acknowledged media reports about the state police search of Hernandez's home as part of an investigation but said he and the player wouldn't have any comment on it.

    Lloyd's mother, Ursula Ward, would not say how Lloyd knew Hernandez and did not say whether police told her how her son died. An uncle said Lloyd had a connection to Hernandez but wouldn't elaborate.

    Bristol District Attorney Samuel Sutter's office said investigators were asking for the public's help to find a silver mirror cover believed to have broken off a car between Boston and North Attleborough.

    On Wednesday, at least seven state troopers searched both sides of a road just off the street where Hernandez lives. The officers used thin poles to pull back plants and search through undergrowth along the road.

    The Patriots drafted Hernandez out of Florida in 2010. Since then, he has combined with Rob Gronkowski to form one of the top tight end duos in the NFL. He missed 10 games last season with an ankle injury and had shoulder surgery in April but is expected to be ready for training camp. Last summer, the Patriots gave him a five-year contract worth $40 million.

    Hernandez said after he was drafted that he had failed a drug test while with the Gators and had been upfront with NFL teams about the issue.

    Sports Illustrated reported that the link between Hernandez and the case was a rented Chevrolet Suburban with Rhode Island plates that police had been searching for. The Associated Press could not independently confirm the report.

    Lloyd's neighbor Larry Connors said a black Suburban with Rhode Island license plates was towed out of the yard of Lloyd's house after his body was found. Lloyd had been driving it for a few days, but Connors had never seen it before that.

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...icide/2441631/

    Here's another story, as the back-and-forth goes back and forth...

    Video images taken early Monday morning appear to show New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez together on Fayston Street in Boston with a Dorchester man whose bullet-ridden body was discovered later that day in a North Attleborough industrial park near Hernandez’s house, according to two law enforcement officials.

    http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013...v6N/story.html

    And the Boston sports press already is throwing Hernandez under the bus:

    Patriots should part ways with Aaron Hernandez

    The narrative involves a semi-professional football player who never returned home after a night out with friends, a millionaire NFL tight end and his checkered past, a damaged rental car, an untimely visit from a cleaning crew, and a video surveillance system and cell phone, both intentionally destroyed before authorities could access them.

    The murder of Boston Bandits football player and Dorchester native Odin Lloyd, whose body was found about one mile from the North Attleborough home of Patriots star Aaron Hernandez, has produced a never-ending stream of questions. But, as each additional query mounts, one answer is rapidly taking shape:

    After three impressive seasons, it's time for New England to end its relationship with Hernandez.

    The Patriots have been known to take chances on players before. Corey Dillon, Randy Moss, Chad Ochocinco, Aqib Talib, heck, even Tim Tebow for different reasons, can speak to Bill Belichick’s interest in reclamation projects. However, to compare any of their stories to this one would be apples and Chinese food.

    Hernandez received his flier from the coach when he was selected in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft in spite of multiple failed drug tests and a recently reported association with people with gang ties that had some teams steering clear. The versatile offensive threat rewarded Belichick and company for their faith with 20 touchdowns and 2,316 receiving yards on 210 catches over the next three seasons (44 games, including the playoffs). His efforts earned him a premature and sizable five-year extension in August of 2012, good for $41 million over seven seasons with $12.5 million of that guaranteed. Seemingly, all Hernandez had to do was stay out of trouble.

    He spoke glowingly of Robert Kraft and the organization at the time, while simultaneously donating $50,000 to the Patriots owner's late wife Myra’s charitable foundation.

    “He changed my life,” Hernandez said. “Now I’m able to basically have a good chance to be set for life, and have a good life … He didn’t need to give me the amount that he gave me, and knowing that he thinks I deserve that, he trusts me to make the right decisions, it means a lot … You can’t come here and act reckless and do your own stuff, and [I] was one of the persons that I came here, I might’ve acted the way I wanted to act, but you get changed by Bill Belichick’s way. You get changed by the Patriots’ way.”

    That all sounded great back then but, as we all know, actions trump words every time. His actions are a breach of the trust and faith offered by a team that paid him more than it had to, before it had to. Less than one year after Hernandez cashed in, he’s a 23-year-old kid linked to multiple heinous crimes in the last five months alone. That’s not good for anyone at Gillette, where the brand and sometimes personal agendas come before all else. Just ask Wes Welker.

    It’s been equally fascinating and shocking following the details that have emerged from this case and, unfortunately for Hernandez, each new bit of information has made him look worse and worse. The truth of how deeply the tight end’s roots are intertwined remains a mystery at this hour, but that may no longer matter to the decision-makers with the Patriots. Frankly, it shouldn't.

    Innocent or guilty – and it would be unfair to speculate either way – the stain of these few days and the weeks upon weeks of questions to follow will forever be tied to Hernandez. In the court of public opinion, he may wind up a marked man in a similar vein to Ray Lewis, Michael Vick, Ben Roethlisberger, Donte Stallworth, Plaxico Burress, or Adam Jones. For some, time in jail was required and, for others, merely a blemished legacy.

    Yes, Stallworth was welcomed back, but his situation was remarkably different. He was playing elsewhere at the time of his DUI manslaughter, he opted to plead guilty to the accident when his lawyers felt he had an excellent chance of being found innocent, and he served his time before returning to the NFL and, years later, the Pats.

    The Patriots are not an organization that welcomes distractions of this ilk, and you’ll notice they haven’t uttered a single word in support of a guy once considered a franchise player. If you don't think that's somewhat telling, you're wrong. Hernandez is on a very lonely island right now. The league, too, is waiting to comment. If Hernandez is somehow absolved of any wrongdoing in the case of Lloyd’s homicide – and there are several legal possibilities here – that doesn’t mean there wasn’t a violation of the league’s personal conduct policy. An arrest is not required in order for a player to be suspended, and commissioner Roger Goodell doesn’t take kindly to anything that could hurt his game. It's a safe bet that one way or another Hernandez will be distanced from the field for at least a little while.

    At this moment, Hernandez is not considered a suspect, but he is certainly not in the clear. The increasingly fluid details have included, among many other things, Hernandez not cooperating with authorities, time with Lloyd on the morning of the murder, getting barred by the team from Gillette, having a cleaning crew to his home hours before Lloyd’s body was found, and deliberately destroying his home security system and cell phone, which he handed over to police in pieces. He’s been followed in his white SUV by helicopters all over the state a la O.J. Simpson, he’s avoided a swarm of media while pumping gas, and he’s had his home searched multiple times. And none of that includes the re-filing of a bizarre civil lawsuit that he supposedly shot former friend Alexander Bradley in February, resulting in Bradley’s loss of an eye.

    It's hard enough to explain away one or two of the above. The piles make you wonder if obstruction of justice, as he's been rumored to be charged with this morning, is his best-case scenario. The bottom line is none of it looks good, and appearance alone may be enough for the Kraft family to part ways with one-half of its ridiculous tight end tandem if the law doesn’t step in first. It’s sad, but Hernandez has no one to blame but himself, if only for the company he keeps away from the field.

    As was well-documented today by Shalise Manza Young, the Patriots knew what they were getting into when they drafted Hernandez. Unfortunately, there's no telling which risks end up being worth taking, a debate surrounding Rob Gronkowski and his injury surplus of late as well. Hopefully that one was worth the gamble. This one wasn't.

    To think, not even two weeks ago, Hernandez was answering run of the mill questions at mini-camp about the arrival of his old college teammate, Tim Tebow. I’d be willing to bet they’ll never find out what it’s like to practice together again. But, if that’s the worst thing that happens to Hernandez, he’s an awfully lucky guy. Good luck.

    http://www.boston.com/blogs/sports/c...kely_over.html

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    Police seek arrest of NFL's Hernandez in murder probe: official

    Authorities plan to arrest New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez on suspicion of interfering with a homicide investigation, a police official said on Friday.

    An arrest warrant for obstruction of justice has been issued for Hernandez, 23, a tight end and rising star in the National Football League, said the police officer, who requested anonymity.

    The security system at Hernandez's home, which had video, was intentionally destroyed, ABC News reported, adding that the player's cell phone was given to police "in pieces". The television network, citing unnamed sources, also reported that police wanted to know why a team of house cleaners was hired on Monday to scrub Hernandez's mansion.

    Hernandez is at the center of an investigation into the shooting death of Odin Lloyd, 27, a semi-professional football player for the Boston Bandits.

    Lloyd's body was discovered on Monday in an industrial park about a mile from Hernandez's home in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, some 40 miles south of Boston.

    Video images taken that morning appeared to show Hernandez with Lloyd on Fayston Street in Boston, the Boston Globe reported, citing two unnamed law enforcement officials including one with direct knowledge of the investigation.

    Police have searched Hernandez's house and questioned him.

    Michael Fee, an attorney for Hernandez, was not immediately available for comment. The Bristol County District Attorney's office did not return messages seeking comment.

    Hernandez also has been hit with a civil lawsuit by a Connecticut man, Alexander Bradley, who claims the Patriots' tight end shot him in the face after the two left a Miami strip club in February, causing him to lose an eye.

    Police had investigated the February shooting, but abandoned the case after Bradley refused to cooperate, a Florida police official said late on Wednesday.

    The Patriots had been giving Hernandez a greater role in their high-powered offense led by quarterback Tom Brady, using him in tandem with star tight end Rob Gronkowski. Hernandez caught a team-high nine passes in the AFC Championship game in January, when the Patriots lost to the Baltimore Ravens, the eventual Super Bowl champion.

    In April, footwear and apparel company Puma announced a two-year endorsement deal with Hernandez.

    "Hernandez has proven to be prominent role model for kids and adult fans across the country," Puma said in its April press release. Katie Sheptyck, a Puma spokeswoman, declined to comment on the developments surrounding Hernandez.

    He played at the University of Florida before being drafted by the Patriots in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL draft. He slipped in the draft because some teams had concerns about his off-field activities.

    Last year, Hernandez agreed to an extension to his contract with the Patriots that reportedly included a $12.5 million signing bonus. Around that time, an entity called Avy Jay LLC, which lists Hernandez as the registered agent, bought the home in North Attleborough for $1.3 million, real estate records show.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...95K0NC20130621

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    Muscle Milk Terminates Endorsement Of Aaron Hernandez

    Nothing is yet certain about Aaron Hernandez‘s recent ties to legal troubles, but the connection alone was enough for one company to end its relationship with the Patriots tight end.

    CytoSport, who makes the popular protein drink Muscle Milk, decided to terminate its endorsement contract with Hernandez after he was tied to a murder investigation in North Attleboro. The company said in a press release the relationship ended “in light of the investigation” and that the decision is “effective immediately.”

    Hernandez signed on as a spokesman for the brand in July 2012. He was spotted wearing Muscle Milk beanie caps in each of his two ventures outside of his house, including his heavily televised drive throughout Massachusetts on Thursday, since being questioned by police.

    Hernandez is also sponsored by Puma, signing a two-year deal back in April. There has been no word from the shoe maker as to his status with the company.

    http://nesn.com/2013/06/cytosport-ma...ron-hernandez/

    "Muscle Milk is a lactose free, protein-enhanced formula that promotes increased strength, lean muscle growth, and fast recovery from exercise."

    http://www.musclemilk.com/

    What can he drink to detox himself from this murder investigation? Or did drinking play a role?

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