Patriots' Hernandez Questioned By Police in Homicide Probe

[DaneMcCloud]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl...#ixzz2WbiGOtye

NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was questioned by police investigating a possible homicide in this town 40 miles south of Boston. A source with knowledge of the investigation said Massachusetts State police spoke to Hernandez on Monday and were interested in possibly searching his home.

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.

A North Attleboro police car idled in front of Hernandez's home on Tuesday, parked across the street from two television news vans. 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 confirmed that the player had spoken with authorities in connection with 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.

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Holy shit

[BigCatDaddy]

He's starting to not look like the right 53 material.

[Marcellus]

Hernandez is setting the bar pretty high for NFL thugs of the future. Dude apparently has no conscious.

Piss me off I shoot your ass.

I imagine Reggie Nelson is about to get a visit from the police, but he cant say shit since he was basically an accessory. He needs to cover his own ass.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Hernandez is setting the bar pretty high for NFL thugs of the future. Dude apparently has no conscious.

Piss me off I shoot your ass.

I imagine Reggie Nelson is about to get a visit from the police, but he cant say shit since he was basically an accessory. He needs to cover his own ass.

They could give him immunity or a reduced sentence subject to future behavior and so on.

It certainly appears to me that the prosecution is loading up evidence and may indict Hernandez for multiple murders.

[DJ's left nut]

I'm starting to wonder if this dude kidnapped the Lindbergh baby.

Jesus, he's sounding more and more like Tony !@#$ing Montana.

[Dayze]

guys....it's a process.

[Brando]

He sounds like a real Danny Vermin!
My mutha kicked me in the balls once! Once!

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

Hernandez role in '07 shooting probed
Updated: July 3, 2013, 12:22 PM ET
By Kelly Naqi | ESPN

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Authorities in the Massachusetts murder case against former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez have reached out to the police in Gainesville, Fla., in hopes of determining if Hernandez had any role in a 2007 shooting that left two men wounded, a source with knowledge of the murder investigation told ABC News. One of the men was shot in the back of the head, according to a police report of the shooting obtained by ESPN's "Outside the Lines."

At the time of the 2007 shooting, Hernandez was a freshman on the University of Florida football team. Hernandez is being held without bail in Massachusetts after being charged June 26 with first-degree murder of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd and five weapons-related counts. Prosecutors called Lloyd's killing an execution-style shooting orchestrated by Hernandez because Lloyd talked to the wrong people at a nightclub. Authorities said Lloyd was shot three times at an industrial park as he twisted away in a futile attempt to avoid gunshots and then was shot two more times on each side of the chest.

The 2007 Gainesville shooting happened on Sept. 30, when Hernandez was a 17-year-old freshman with the Gators. The two men and a friend of theirs had left a nightclub and were in their car stopped at a light blocks away when their vehicle was fired upon, according to the statements two of the men gave to police. Corey Smith, a 28-year-old at the time who was sitting in the front passenger seat, was shot in back of the head. Justin Glass, the 19-year-old driver, was shot in the arm. Randall Cason, sitting in the back seat behind Smith, was unharmed.

While several witnesses told police the shooter was a black male, Cason said there were two suspects.

Cason, then 20, told police that shooter was a "Hawaiian" or "Hispanic" male who had a large muscular build, stood about 6-foot-3 or 6-foot-4, weighed about 230 or 240 pounds and had a lot of tattoos. Cason said there was also a black male with the shooter, and Cason identified the black male as Reggie Nelson, a former Florida Gator who was a rookie with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Nelson, in an interview with the Gainesville police, said he had been at the nightclub earlier but denied he was even on the same street as the shooting.

"As they were waiting for the light to change, the Hawaiian football player and Reggie Nelson walked up to their car on the right side," according to the police report, which cited what Cason told detectives. "Then without saying a work [sic], the Hawaiian pointed a small handgun in the front right window and fired five quick shots. Cason saw Smith slump over with blood coming out of the back of the head, at which time the Hawaiian and Nelson took off running towards McDonald's."

The police report says that Nelson and Hernandez had been in The Venue nightclub along with two other Gators players, Mike and Maurkice Pouncey, twin brothers who now both play in the NFL. After the shooting, investigators interviewed Cason at Shands Hospital. Cason is described as distraught and emotional, and an officer indicated Cason said several times "it should have been him that had been shot and not Cory [sic]." Cason told investigators that a week earlier his brother had gotten into an altercation with several Florida football players.

Nelson told investigators that he was at The Venue with several friends that night. He said he later saw Aaron Hernandez and the Pouncey twins, and Hernandez told him that one of the twins had his necklace snatched by Cason. After the club closed, Nelson said, one of the twins confirmed the story to him. Nelson said he went to speak to Cason, advised that he didn't want any trouble and the two parted on good terms. He said he was not on West University Avenue, the street where the shooting took place, when Smith and Glass were shot.

Two days after the shooting, Gainesville police Lt. Keith Kameg was quoted in the Orlando Sentinel as saying neither Hernandez nor Nelson were suspects. Police have also said that they briefly interviewed Hernandez about the shooting. But, according to the police report, Hernandez declined to speak to Gainesville police nine days after the shooting. Hernandez's name is redacted from the report because he was 17 and considered a minor at the time. However, there is one reference to Hernandez in which his name is not redacted. In that section under "Aaron Hernandez," the report says detectives attempted to speak to Hernandez on Oct. 9 but that "he invoked his right to counsel."

That same day Cason, who had originally said Nelson and the Hawaiian or Hispanic male were the suspects, "rescinded his identification of Aaron Hernandez and Reggie Nelson," according to the report. While Hernandez's name was redacted in the document, it was the first time the report indicated that Cason had positively identified Hernandez as the shooter at some point.

"Outside the Lines" left messages for Cason, Glass and now retired Gainesville detective Patty Nixon, but they were not returned.

Smith said he suffers from seizures as a result of the shooting. "God is good," he said. "I'm here for a reason. I just want to know what happened and who did it so I can go forward with my life."

Associate producer Simon Baumgart contributed to this story.

How has this piece of shit managed to elude police since 07? Urban Meyer perhaps? Half kidding.

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by Chiefs Pantalones

How has this piece of shit managed to elude police since 07? Urban Meyer perhaps? Half kidding.

He was in the Gator Protection Program.

[TribalElder]

LOL

Hernandez jerseys ( signed )

eBay going for around a grand
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw...gned&_sacat=51

[Rain Man]

Wow. Just wow.

This guy was hanging out in the locker room with guys like Tom Brady and Wes Welker and Bill Belichick. Did those guys know that he was running with criminal crowds, or was he able to fool them? Obviously they wouldn't have known about the murders, but did they shy away from him and whisper to their wives, "He's trouble"?

[GloryDayz]

I suspect the ****ing Broncos are taking notes so they can study and one-up the Pats on being pure assholes! ****in assholes!

[DTLB58]

Blowing away people since 2007 and was able to get away with it and be a star in the NFL and on one of the leagues most successful franchises to boot.

No wonder why he thought he was 'Untouchable'.

[DTLB58]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

They could give him immunity or a reduced sentence subject to future behavior and so on.

It certainly appears to me that the prosecution is loading up evidence and may indict Hernandez for multiple murders.

This stuff intrigues the hell out of me. Would love to sit in through the whole trial.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by DTLB58

Blowing away people since 2007 and was able to get away with it and be a star in the NFL and on one of the leagues most successful franchises to boot.

No wonder why he thought he was 'Untouchable'.

If all of these allegations prove true, he's a sociopath.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Wow. Just wow.

This guy was hanging out in the locker room with guys like Tom Brady and Wes Welker and Bill Belichick. Did those guys know that he was running with criminal crowds, or was he able to fool them? Obviously they wouldn't have known about the murders, but did they shy away from him and whisper to their wives, "He's trouble"?

Didn't he threaten to shoot/hit/kill Wes Welker at one point for not helping him with something?