Aaron Hernandez is leaving Bristol County Jail-but he's not out of the woods by any means. The former New England Patriots tight end is facing murder charges in two separate cases--and now he's being moved from his current situation to be closer to his attorneys.
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However, there are a number of reasons the Bristol facility is no longer the ideal fit for the ex-Patriots star. Hernandez's legal team has accused the Bristol sheriff who controls the prison of collaborating "in an effort to generate evidence to be used against Hernandez."
Beyond the trouble with the sheriff, Hernandez has also been involved in several other incidents. He is known to have attacked a fellow inmate who was handcuffed at the time; he also allegedly threatened to kill a prison guard and his family and also pulled a "food scheme."
It's not clear where exactly he will be transferred, but the two options are Suffolk County Jail or the South Bay House of Correction, both of which are in Boston where his lawyers are based.
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In other Hernandez-related news, the ex-tight end's attorneys are awaiting rulings that could swing the case. Hernandez's legal team has filed a pair of motions that involve Hernandez's fiancée Shayanna Jenkins. Officers learned of a surveillance system in the house shared by Jenkins and Hernandez through statements made during a traffic stop, which lawyers are saying, was unlawful.
Furthermore, the defense is trying to have evidence gleaned from the surveillance footage thrown out on the basis that the information was obtained illegally. An affidavit that served as a warrant in this case allowed detectives to "seize the video surveillance system."
It also said police could take "any electronic data stored as part of the video surveillance system to include but not limited to hard drives, external storage devices, compact discs, computers, laptops, flash drives or any other data storage device used for storing and viewing video data from the residential surveillance system." It also included a particular cell phone specified by the number. Police, however, left Hernandez's home with three iPads and two cell phones.
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