((HT: KHOU-TV))
And this doesn't look good...
Another four-year-old who Adrian Peterson has fathered with a different woman than the one currently involved in the Montgomery County, Texas abuse investigation has come forward to say that there may be another abuse case involving the star running back.
We're just going to turn it over to the folks in Houston to explain this one
Rusty Hardin is, apparently, out of the country and was searching for an extension in the court date scheduled for the initial arraignment. The HQ is thinking that he is going to want to combine both and push them back as far as humanly possible...
Josina Anderson, through her Twitter feed, got an answer to that story from Rusty Hardin:
The allegation of another investigation into Adrian Peterson is simply not true. This is not a new allegation, it's one that is unsubstantiated and was shopped around to authorities in two states over a year ago and nothing came of it. An adult witness adamantly insists Adrian did nothing inappropriate with his son. There is no ongoing or new investigation.
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Showing posts with label criminal investigation. Show all posts
Monday, September 15, 2014
Thursday, September 4, 2014
FSU Reopening Winston Title IX Investigation
((HT: ProFootballTalk))
Not surprising to the HQ at all, but this was the initial report OSG Sports gave on the Title IX investigation in and around the Florida State QB in the off-season.
It appears the university is now reopening the Title IX investigation that the alleged Winston rape victim requested at the time. Jameis Winston did not answer any questions in the initial investigation, so it was tabled.
The investigation was widely panned and the New York Times constructed all of the errors in one place.
The University responded to the New Yor Times piece and panned it in return...
((HT: CBSMiami))
Tha attorney for the accuser, John Clune, says that his client feels that the process is "moving forward" after his client was interviewed last month for an incident that happened in 2012:
"We expect that there will be code of conduct charges that will be brought," he told Rachel Axon of USA Today. "There's no basis not to bring those charges now."
During the criminal investigation, Winston (through his lawyers) maintained that the sexual contact was consensual.
But an on-campus Title IX investigation gets around the criminal complaint:
Decisions are made on a "preponderance of the evidence" and should, as a rule, take no longer than two months to complete. That would, then, make the decision public in the neighborhood of Week 10 of the college football season.
And could send the FSU football season into a tizzy for the next 8 weeks or so...
Got all that...???
Not surprising to the HQ at all, but this was the initial report OSG Sports gave on the Title IX investigation in and around the Florida State QB in the off-season.
It appears the university is now reopening the Title IX investigation that the alleged Winston rape victim requested at the time. Jameis Winston did not answer any questions in the initial investigation, so it was tabled.
The investigation was widely panned and the New York Times constructed all of the errors in one place.
The University responded to the New Yor Times piece and panned it in return...
((HT: CBSMiami))
Tha attorney for the accuser, John Clune, says that his client feels that the process is "moving forward" after his client was interviewed last month for an incident that happened in 2012:
"We expect that there will be code of conduct charges that will be brought," he told Rachel Axon of USA Today. "There's no basis not to bring those charges now."
During the criminal investigation, Winston (through his lawyers) maintained that the sexual contact was consensual.
But an on-campus Title IX investigation gets around the criminal complaint:
Decisions are made on a "preponderance of the evidence" and should, as a rule, take no longer than two months to complete. That would, then, make the decision public in the neighborhood of Week 10 of the college football season.
And could send the FSU football season into a tizzy for the next 8 weeks or so...
Got all that...???
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Kevin Ward, Senior Lashes Out At Tony Stewart
((HT: Syracuse Post-Standard/Hannagan))
The father of the sprint car racer killed in an accident with Tony Stewart has spoken to Syracuse media and is still not happy with Stewart and how things transpired on the track.
In an extensive interview with Syracuse.com's Charley Hannagan Kevin Ward, Senior feels that Stewart is solely responsible for what happened at the Canadaigua, New York track this past weekend.
From Hannagan is the collection of her quotes from Kevin Ward, Senior:
"Apparently, Tony Stewart was the only one driving out there who didn't see him," he said.
"Tony Stewart was the best damn driver by far on the track that night. Why he had to go up as high as he did and hog my son, there's no reason for it," Ward Sr. said.
"The one person that knows what happened that night is possibly facing 10 years in prison. Is he going to say what he done?" Ward Sr. said.
Ward wants everyone to remember his son as someone who just loved to race and that seems to be the main reason he spoke to Hannagan for her article. But even if the investigation shows no malice on Stewart's behalf, he may not be completely free from any kind of charges from the Ontario County police.
"CBS This Morning" brought in Jack Ford to discuss the legal options...
The father of the sprint car racer killed in an accident with Tony Stewart has spoken to Syracuse media and is still not happy with Stewart and how things transpired on the track.
In an extensive interview with Syracuse.com's Charley Hannagan Kevin Ward, Senior feels that Stewart is solely responsible for what happened at the Canadaigua, New York track this past weekend.
From Hannagan is the collection of her quotes from Kevin Ward, Senior:
"Apparently, Tony Stewart was the only one driving out there who didn't see him," he said.
"Tony Stewart was the best damn driver by far on the track that night. Why he had to go up as high as he did and hog my son, there's no reason for it," Ward Sr. said.
"The one person that knows what happened that night is possibly facing 10 years in prison. Is he going to say what he done?" Ward Sr. said.
Ward wants everyone to remember his son as someone who just loved to race and that seems to be the main reason he spoke to Hannagan for her article. But even if the investigation shows no malice on Stewart's behalf, he may not be completely free from any kind of charges from the Ontario County police.
"CBS This Morning" brought in Jack Ford to discuss the legal options...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Seeberg Family Goes Public After Shembo Comments
((HT: Chicago Tribune/Lighty and Campbell))
Prince Shembo came forward at the NFL Combine saying he was the unnamed Notre Dame player accused of attacking Lizzy Seeberg in 2010 before she eventually committed suicide. Lizzy's parents knew it was Shembo, but since he was never charged the name never was released as part of the process.
Lizzy Seeberg typed a statement to police after their meeting August 31, 2010 in Shembo's room- a place where she didn't feel safe.
From the Tribune:
Seeberg then described how she cried and her body froze as the alleged attack ensued. Her allegations did not describe penetration; the campus police log listed the complaint as an alleged sexual battery. She said Shembo licked her breast. The incident ended when the player's cellphone distracted him, Seeberg said.
On Sept. 2 she received a text message from one of Shembo's friends, telling her, "Don't do anything you would regret. Messing with notre dame football is a bad idea."
She killed herself Sept. 10, overdosing on prescription medication.
Notre Dame conducted an investigation- not interviewing Shembo until five days after Seeberg's suicide. Shembo's attorney maintains the incident was consensual.
Chicago Tribune Deputy Metro editor Mark Jacob talks with Lighty about Shembo coming forward, having Lizzy Seeberg's father talk about the case (or the lack of one going forward) and any possible repercussions...
The biggest stink the HQ sees in this- among many of them- is that no one from the university has even addressed any remorse over the Seeberg suicide and the family's feelings in the matter...
Pair this with the death of the GA in high winds and there's too much to say about how a big business in a small town rules the town... and that will never change...
Prince Shembo came forward at the NFL Combine saying he was the unnamed Notre Dame player accused of attacking Lizzy Seeberg in 2010 before she eventually committed suicide. Lizzy's parents knew it was Shembo, but since he was never charged the name never was released as part of the process.
Lizzy Seeberg typed a statement to police after their meeting August 31, 2010 in Shembo's room- a place where she didn't feel safe.
From the Tribune:
Seeberg then described how she cried and her body froze as the alleged attack ensued. Her allegations did not describe penetration; the campus police log listed the complaint as an alleged sexual battery. She said Shembo licked her breast. The incident ended when the player's cellphone distracted him, Seeberg said.
On Sept. 2 she received a text message from one of Shembo's friends, telling her, "Don't do anything you would regret. Messing with notre dame football is a bad idea."
She killed herself Sept. 10, overdosing on prescription medication.
Notre Dame conducted an investigation- not interviewing Shembo until five days after Seeberg's suicide. Shembo's attorney maintains the incident was consensual.
Chicago Tribune Deputy Metro editor Mark Jacob talks with Lighty about Shembo coming forward, having Lizzy Seeberg's father talk about the case (or the lack of one going forward) and any possible repercussions...
The biggest stink the HQ sees in this- among many of them- is that no one from the university has even addressed any remorse over the Seeberg suicide and the family's feelings in the matter...
Pair this with the death of the GA in high winds and there's too much to say about how a big business in a small town rules the town... and that will never change...
Friday, February 7, 2014
Prosecutors Can't Access Hernandez's Phone Calls...
((HT: MyFoxBoston))
This was something the prosecutors in the Aaron Hernandez murder trial were counting on...
They thought that the former NFL tight end was discussing the murder of Odin Lloyd in code with his girlfriend/fiancee Shayanna Jenkins and cousin Tanya Singleton. Judge Susan Garsh said prosecutors did not make a sufficient case, but she will let them submit again.
Defense attorney James Sultan called the state's request "grossly overboard" and said prosecutors are on a "fishing expedition."
But the other point that, probably, annoyed Judge Garsh was the disclosure that the prosecution already had been given some of the recordings. They have to provide copies to the defense by Monday.
Here's the story from the courtroom...
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The next round is set for mid-June...
This was something the prosecutors in the Aaron Hernandez murder trial were counting on...
They thought that the former NFL tight end was discussing the murder of Odin Lloyd in code with his girlfriend/fiancee Shayanna Jenkins and cousin Tanya Singleton. Judge Susan Garsh said prosecutors did not make a sufficient case, but she will let them submit again.
Defense attorney James Sultan called the state's request "grossly overboard" and said prosecutors are on a "fishing expedition."
But the other point that, probably, annoyed Judge Garsh was the disclosure that the prosecution already had been given some of the recordings. They have to provide copies to the defense by Monday.
Here's the story from the courtroom...
Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston
The next round is set for mid-June...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Hernandez Associate In Another Gunfight
((HT: MyFoxBoston))
You may remember the name Alexander Bradley in our coverage of the Aaron Hernandez investigation(s)...
He was the gentleman who claimed that Hernandez had him sit as a passenger in a car Hernandez was driving when Bradley claimed the former Patriots tight end shot him- eventually causing him to lose the sight in his right eye...
Bradley is suing Hernandez because of the incident last February...
Bradley was brought into the Hartford Police Department Monday to be booked after an overnight shooting outside the Vevo bar in Hartford. HPD is, basically, saying that Bradley and the others who were involved in the fight shot up the front of the bar. Police believe that the fight started inside, went outside, and Bradley was shot multiple times.
Investigators are saying he then went to his car, got a firearm, and returned fire...
Monday evening, the thoughts now are that Bradley and the person who shot him were arguing over money...
The press conference also revealed that the gun Bradley used was one of 111 guns that had been stolen out of a collection...
Here's the early version out of Hartford...
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It is expected HPD is going to arraign Bradley on reckless endangerment and other gun-related charges including stealing a firearm and unlawful use and possession of a firearm...
You may remember the name Alexander Bradley in our coverage of the Aaron Hernandez investigation(s)...
He was the gentleman who claimed that Hernandez had him sit as a passenger in a car Hernandez was driving when Bradley claimed the former Patriots tight end shot him- eventually causing him to lose the sight in his right eye...
Bradley is suing Hernandez because of the incident last February...
Bradley was brought into the Hartford Police Department Monday to be booked after an overnight shooting outside the Vevo bar in Hartford. HPD is, basically, saying that Bradley and the others who were involved in the fight shot up the front of the bar. Police believe that the fight started inside, went outside, and Bradley was shot multiple times.
Investigators are saying he then went to his car, got a firearm, and returned fire...
Monday evening, the thoughts now are that Bradley and the person who shot him were arguing over money...
The press conference also revealed that the gun Bradley used was one of 111 guns that had been stolen out of a collection...
Here's the early version out of Hartford...
Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston
It is expected HPD is going to arraign Bradley on reckless endangerment and other gun-related charges including stealing a firearm and unlawful use and possession of a firearm...
Monday, January 27, 2014
Mizzou Finally Looking Into 2010 Rape Allegations
((HT: KOMU-TV))
The University of Missouri system will now look into allegations centering around a 2010 sexual assault of swimmer Sasha Menu Courey- possibly by one or more members of the football team at the time...
System President Tim Wolfe released a statement after an ESPN report that said in part:
"In light of the ESPN "Outside The Lines" report that questioned the response of our Columbia campus to an alleged sexual assault of a former MU student athlete who also suffered from severe mental illness, I want to address the questions raised with all of you and ask for your immediate assistance and support. I am asking the board of curators to hire outside independent counsel to conduct an investigation of MU's handling of matters related to Ms. Courey."
OTL published a story that claims the university did not tell law enforcement about the alleged rape of Courey despite administrators finding out about the alleged incident more than a year ago.
Menu Courey committed suicide in 2011.
Here's the local coverage...
In addition to any retroactive investigating by state officials on any possible negligence in not pursuing the Courey case, the Missouri system could also face an inquiry by the Office of Civil Rights...
And the HQ is looking forward to this investigation...
The University of Missouri system will now look into allegations centering around a 2010 sexual assault of swimmer Sasha Menu Courey- possibly by one or more members of the football team at the time...
System President Tim Wolfe released a statement after an ESPN report that said in part:
"In light of the ESPN "Outside The Lines" report that questioned the response of our Columbia campus to an alleged sexual assault of a former MU student athlete who also suffered from severe mental illness, I want to address the questions raised with all of you and ask for your immediate assistance and support. I am asking the board of curators to hire outside independent counsel to conduct an investigation of MU's handling of matters related to Ms. Courey."
OTL published a story that claims the university did not tell law enforcement about the alleged rape of Courey despite administrators finding out about the alleged incident more than a year ago.
Menu Courey committed suicide in 2011.
Here's the local coverage...
In addition to any retroactive investigating by state officials on any possible negligence in not pursuing the Courey case, the Missouri system could also face an inquiry by the Office of Civil Rights...
And the HQ is looking forward to this investigation...
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Warrant: Hernandez "May Have" Been Shooter In Double Murder
((HT: MyFoxBoston))
We have detailed the incidents in and around the double murder-drive by killing of Safiro Hurtado and Daniel Abreu in July 2012 as they left a Boston nightclub.
Recent video has surfaced from a nearby nightclub from the one that the two were seen in before they left a year-and-a-half ago and an SUV that resembles one Aaron Hernandez possessed was circling the block waiting for the Furtado-Abreu vehicle before the murder.
Now, the new warrant that has been made public believes that gunshot residue "may still exist" inside the vehicle. Prosecutors are still weighing the idea of adding murder charges in that case as well to the Odin Lloyd case that is the center of the Hernandez investigation at present...
Ted Daniel stays on the new developments...
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We have detailed the incidents in and around the double murder-drive by killing of Safiro Hurtado and Daniel Abreu in July 2012 as they left a Boston nightclub.
Recent video has surfaced from a nearby nightclub from the one that the two were seen in before they left a year-and-a-half ago and an SUV that resembles one Aaron Hernandez possessed was circling the block waiting for the Furtado-Abreu vehicle before the murder.
Now, the new warrant that has been made public believes that gunshot residue "may still exist" inside the vehicle. Prosecutors are still weighing the idea of adding murder charges in that case as well to the Odin Lloyd case that is the center of the Hernandez investigation at present...
Ted Daniel stays on the new developments...
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Ecclestone Stepping Aside At Formula 1, Not Stepping Down
But the HQ thinks it's amazing what being brought up on bribery charges by Munich's state court will do for you...
The major domo of F1 for the last four decades is linked to an alleged $44-million payment to a German banker. Ecclestone maintains his innocence, but has stepped down from the board of the holding company that runs the sport. He will still be in charge of the day-to-day operations...
From Delta Topco Limited: 'After discussion with the Board, Mr Ecclestone has proposed and the Board has agreed that until the case has been concluded, he will step down as a director with immediate effect, thereby relinquishing his board duties and responsibilities until the case has been resolved.
'It is in the best interests of both the F1 business and the sport that Mr Ecclestone should continue to run the business on a day to day basis, but subject to increased monitoring and control by the Board. Mr Ecclestone has agreed to these arrangements.'
The whole German suit comes from what Ecclestone calls a "shakedown" from German banker Gerhard Gribkowsky over an alleged undervaluation of Formula 1 back in 2006. Gribkowsky is currently serving an eight-and-a-half-year jail sentence for accepting the payment from Ecclestone...
Here's an interview with Ecclestone discussing the fixing of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix by Flavio Briatore and Renault to let you know just how shady F1 comes across on the whole...
((HT: DW English))
The major domo of F1 for the last four decades is linked to an alleged $44-million payment to a German banker. Ecclestone maintains his innocence, but has stepped down from the board of the holding company that runs the sport. He will still be in charge of the day-to-day operations...
From Delta Topco Limited: 'After discussion with the Board, Mr Ecclestone has proposed and the Board has agreed that until the case has been concluded, he will step down as a director with immediate effect, thereby relinquishing his board duties and responsibilities until the case has been resolved.
'It is in the best interests of both the F1 business and the sport that Mr Ecclestone should continue to run the business on a day to day basis, but subject to increased monitoring and control by the Board. Mr Ecclestone has agreed to these arrangements.'
The whole German suit comes from what Ecclestone calls a "shakedown" from German banker Gerhard Gribkowsky over an alleged undervaluation of Formula 1 back in 2006. Gribkowsky is currently serving an eight-and-a-half-year jail sentence for accepting the payment from Ecclestone...
Here's an interview with Ecclestone discussing the fixing of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix by Flavio Briatore and Renault to let you know just how shady F1 comes across on the whole...
((HT: DW English))
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
UTEP Hoops Kicks Off 3 For Betting
((HT: KVIA-TV/ESPN))
And, is it just us, or does Tim Floyd look old and tired now...???
The University of Texas-El Paso men's hoops program has kicked three players off their team for alleged betting- but not on their own games at present- as determined by an FBI investigation that is still ongoing...
Justin Crosgile, McKenzie Moore, and Jalen Ragland were kicked off the team and kicked out of school. Head coach Tim Floyd maintained in an afternoon press conference that the information on the three came from a tip to his office, but he declined to say who gave the tip...
Floyd tried to joke the situation off saying he "felt sorry for the kids on the team and the fans." He also asked the fans in El Paso to "let him know if they see any point guards in the grocery store."
"We are privy to the fact that they violated rules, but we do know that up to now they were not betting on UTEP games," Ricardo Adauto, the school's executive vice president of legal affairs, said in the afternoon news conference...
Jeff Goodman caught up with Jim Basquil to talk about just how bad this is...
Here's the full statement released by the school this afternoon:
“Last month, we received information that two men’s basketball players may have been betting on sporting events. Immediately Director of Athletics Bob Stull, men’s basketball coach Tim Floyd and Richard Adauto from the President’s Office reported these allegations to university police and the FBI. Law enforcement authorities conducted a thorough investigation and determined that three men’s basketball student-athletes – Justin Crosgile, McKenzie Moore and Jalen Ragland – participated in betting on one or more sporting events. To date, there was no indication that point shaving was involved. However, per NCAA rules, any type of sports gambling is prohibited and results in a one-year suspension and loss of a year of eligibility. All three players are upperclassmen, and therefore their college basketball careers are over. They are no longer enrolled at UTEP and are no longer a part of our basketball program.”
But the larger question will become, over time, just how much Stull and Floyd knew and when they knew it...
And, is it just us, or does Tim Floyd look old and tired now...???
The University of Texas-El Paso men's hoops program has kicked three players off their team for alleged betting- but not on their own games at present- as determined by an FBI investigation that is still ongoing...
Justin Crosgile, McKenzie Moore, and Jalen Ragland were kicked off the team and kicked out of school. Head coach Tim Floyd maintained in an afternoon press conference that the information on the three came from a tip to his office, but he declined to say who gave the tip...
Floyd tried to joke the situation off saying he "felt sorry for the kids on the team and the fans." He also asked the fans in El Paso to "let him know if they see any point guards in the grocery store."
"We are privy to the fact that they violated rules, but we do know that up to now they were not betting on UTEP games," Ricardo Adauto, the school's executive vice president of legal affairs, said in the afternoon news conference...
Jeff Goodman caught up with Jim Basquil to talk about just how bad this is...
Here's the full statement released by the school this afternoon:
“Last month, we received information that two men’s basketball players may have been betting on sporting events. Immediately Director of Athletics Bob Stull, men’s basketball coach Tim Floyd and Richard Adauto from the President’s Office reported these allegations to university police and the FBI. Law enforcement authorities conducted a thorough investigation and determined that three men’s basketball student-athletes – Justin Crosgile, McKenzie Moore and Jalen Ragland – participated in betting on one or more sporting events. To date, there was no indication that point shaving was involved. However, per NCAA rules, any type of sports gambling is prohibited and results in a one-year suspension and loss of a year of eligibility. All three players are upperclassmen, and therefore their college basketball careers are over. They are no longer enrolled at UTEP and are no longer a part of our basketball program.”
But the larger question will become, over time, just how much Stull and Floyd knew and when they knew it...
Friday, December 13, 2013
DEVELOPING: Winston Accuser Attorney Blasts Investigation
Surprising no one, really...
Patricia Carroll, the attorney in the Jameis Winston rape case, held her own press conference this morning and understandably ripped the state attorney's office...
Her largest point of concern is in medical records released to the press, claiming they were intentionally redacted, though the family's copy includes more evidence of a rape- 2 pages in particular
"They are significantly different," she said. "There is no reason why the state would redact the injuries of the victim … There is no reason this would be redacted. In fact, I specifically requested (non-redacted) documents."
Carroll also went after Tallahassee police for allegedly only obtaining search warrants on the victim rather than on Winston. Carroll also went after state's attorney Willie Meggs and wants the state Attorney General Pam Bondi to hold an independent investigation of her own.
Carroll still backs her client and the assertion that she was raped, and there is no word yet from Bondi on whether she will pursue from her office...
More when we know more...
Patricia Carroll, the attorney in the Jameis Winston rape case, held her own press conference this morning and understandably ripped the state attorney's office...
Her largest point of concern is in medical records released to the press, claiming they were intentionally redacted, though the family's copy includes more evidence of a rape- 2 pages in particular
"They are significantly different," she said. "There is no reason why the state would redact the injuries of the victim … There is no reason this would be redacted. In fact, I specifically requested (non-redacted) documents."
Carroll also went after Tallahassee police for allegedly only obtaining search warrants on the victim rather than on Winston. Carroll also went after state's attorney Willie Meggs and wants the state Attorney General Pam Bondi to hold an independent investigation of her own.
Carroll still backs her client and the assertion that she was raped, and there is no word yet from Bondi on whether she will pursue from her office...
More when we know more...
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Match Fixing Investigation In Britain Steps Up...
((HT: SkyNews/The Telegraph))
Match fixing shouldn't be a surprise to any of you...
In relatively impoverished countries with sports as an outlet, it makes sense for athletes who aren't paid well to take steps to feed their check books...
The Telegraph ran an undercover investigation that traced match fixing back to Malaysia and interviewed one of the lower-level players in the process to get most of their background...
And now open for discussing...
Former footballer Delroy Facey, now an agent, was one of six allegedly arrested as a part of the investigation by the National Crime Agency- the British version of the FBI. There is talk that some of the fixing in British circles was in the Football Association and not in the Premier League.
Match fixing shouldn't be a surprise to any of you...
In relatively impoverished countries with sports as an outlet, it makes sense for athletes who aren't paid well to take steps to feed their check books...
The Telegraph ran an undercover investigation that traced match fixing back to Malaysia and interviewed one of the lower-level players in the process to get most of their background...
And now open for discussing...
Former footballer Delroy Facey, now an agent, was one of six allegedly arrested as a part of the investigation by the National Crime Agency- the British version of the FBI. There is talk that some of the fixing in British circles was in the Football Association and not in the Premier League.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Hartford Courant: Hernandez On Video With 2012 Victims
((HT: Hartford Courant/Wilson))
Just when you thought you hadn't heard enough of the Aaron Hernandez case...
We now have this...
According to the Courant's Jenny Wilson, Hernandez was in the same place as two victims the night they were shot back in July of 2012. Sources tell Wilson that authorities have surveillance video showing Hernandez in the same nightclub as Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado before they were killed on Boston streets in an early morning drive-by.
Police had been looking for an SUV with Rhode Island license plates connected with the shooting.
Eventually, police found an SUV with Rhode Island plates at Aaron Hernandez's uncle's house in Bristol, Connecticut as part of the Odin Lloyd murder investigation. The car had been parked in a garage for about a year.
Hernandez has not been charged in connection with the Abreu/Furtado murders, but he will be back in court Friday in relation to the Lloyd case.
Here was the development at the time of the tow...
((HT: MyFoxBoston))
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Just when you thought you hadn't heard enough of the Aaron Hernandez case...
We now have this...
According to the Courant's Jenny Wilson, Hernandez was in the same place as two victims the night they were shot back in July of 2012. Sources tell Wilson that authorities have surveillance video showing Hernandez in the same nightclub as Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado before they were killed on Boston streets in an early morning drive-by.
Police had been looking for an SUV with Rhode Island license plates connected with the shooting.
Eventually, police found an SUV with Rhode Island plates at Aaron Hernandez's uncle's house in Bristol, Connecticut as part of the Odin Lloyd murder investigation. The car had been parked in a garage for about a year.
Hernandez has not been charged in connection with the Abreu/Furtado murders, but he will be back in court Friday in relation to the Lloyd case.
Here was the development at the time of the tow...
((HT: MyFoxBoston))
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013
OSG Prem: Belarussians Set Arrest Request For Soccer Team Owner
((HT: ProSoccerTalk/Bird))
Liviu Bird set us up on this one...
Those who follow soccer know about the recent successes of Anzhi Makhachkala and their owner Suleyman Kerimov in the Europa League... right now, they're at the top of the table in Russian soccer... but, probably, not for long...
Here's what it looks like as they win games...
((HT: RT))
Now, after huge losses of Kerimov's Uraliki potash business of somewhere near US$350M, he had to start a massive sell off of talent including Samuel Eto'o and Willian to Chelsea- decreasing the teams budget by US$50-70M to make his own ends meet.
Now, Kerimov is on Interpol Most Wanted List for corruption
And, yes, the following report is in Russian...
Makes you wonder what happens if the New Jersey Nets owner, Mikhail Prokhorov, angers someone back home what will happen...
Liviu Bird set us up on this one...
Those who follow soccer know about the recent successes of Anzhi Makhachkala and their owner Suleyman Kerimov in the Europa League... right now, they're at the top of the table in Russian soccer... but, probably, not for long...
Here's what it looks like as they win games...
((HT: RT))
Now, after huge losses of Kerimov's Uraliki potash business of somewhere near US$350M, he had to start a massive sell off of talent including Samuel Eto'o and Willian to Chelsea- decreasing the teams budget by US$50-70M to make his own ends meet.
Now, Kerimov is on Interpol Most Wanted List for corruption
And, yes, the following report is in Russian...
Makes you wonder what happens if the New Jersey Nets owner, Mikhail Prokhorov, angers someone back home what will happen...
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Do Surveillance Images Show Hernandez With Murder Weapon???
((HT: MyFoxBoston))
The court documents involved in all of the Aaron Hernandez proceedings are slowly making their way out into the public domain-
gawd bless public records requests...
The new release is a 104-page warrant goes into a few different events...
One was the morning of the first visit to the Hernandez home where North Attleboro, Massachusetts police describe the ex-Pat as "argumentative" and asking, "What's with all the questions?" The police also say he "slammed" the door when police told him they were conducting a death investigation.
Hernandez's fiance, Shayanna Jenkins, said the couple bought the surveillance system because of "several recent break-ins at their residence." This was before Hernandez told Jenkins to cease cooperating with local police in their investigation.
The 104 pages were fairly well redacted...
The warrant also says investigators claim that a shell casing found at the crime seen and one found inside a car rented under Hernandez's name were fired from the same gun.
There are also Xeroxes of photos from the surveillance video taken from the Hernandez home system (seen right, thanks MyFoxBoston)- some that identify him holding a weapon of some sort. Prosecutors believe that the weapon in one of the pictures is a .45- the same type of gun that killed Odin Lloyd.
Ted Daniel looks at the newly released batch of documents...
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Alleged co-conspirator Ernest Wallace will be back in court Friday for a pre-trial hearing on charges of being an accessory to murder after the fact.
The court documents involved in all of the Aaron Hernandez proceedings are slowly making their way out into the public domain-
The new release is a 104-page warrant goes into a few different events...
One was the morning of the first visit to the Hernandez home where North Attleboro, Massachusetts police describe the ex-Pat as "argumentative" and asking, "What's with all the questions?" The police also say he "slammed" the door when police told him they were conducting a death investigation.
Hernandez's fiance, Shayanna Jenkins, said the couple bought the surveillance system because of "several recent break-ins at their residence." This was before Hernandez told Jenkins to cease cooperating with local police in their investigation.
The 104 pages were fairly well redacted...
The warrant also says investigators claim that a shell casing found at the crime seen and one found inside a car rented under Hernandez's name were fired from the same gun.
There are also Xeroxes of photos from the surveillance video taken from the Hernandez home system (seen right, thanks MyFoxBoston)- some that identify him holding a weapon of some sort. Prosecutors believe that the weapon in one of the pictures is a .45- the same type of gun that killed Odin Lloyd.
Ted Daniel looks at the newly released batch of documents...
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Alleged co-conspirator Ernest Wallace will be back in court Friday for a pre-trial hearing on charges of being an accessory to murder after the fact.
Monday, July 8, 2013
Anna Benson Busted For Breaking In And Threatening Husband... 911 Tape Released
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While wearing a bulletproof vest, carrying a gun, and swinging some kind of metal baton...
Anna (pictured right, thanks MyFoxAtlanta) and Kris Benson are in the process of a divorce and Anna doesn't seem to be taking it all that well...
Over the weekend, according to TMZ, she was upset that she was given an vacate order from their home. Anna, apparently, barged into their home, threatened him with the gun and the baton wanting money...
Kris then told Anna that he would get her whatever money she was looking for. He left the house and called local police...
Anna Benson was charged with two counts of felony aggravated assault with a weapon, one count of criminal trespass and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
Here's the 9-1-1 call from her husband from the evening...
You may remember Anna Benson from her time on "Baseball Wives"
Here she is with Howard Stern...
While wearing a bulletproof vest, carrying a gun, and swinging some kind of metal baton...
Anna (pictured right, thanks MyFoxAtlanta) and Kris Benson are in the process of a divorce and Anna doesn't seem to be taking it all that well...
Over the weekend, according to TMZ, she was upset that she was given an vacate order from their home. Anna, apparently, barged into their home, threatened him with the gun and the baton wanting money...
Kris then told Anna that he would get her whatever money she was looking for. He left the house and called local police...
Anna Benson was charged with two counts of felony aggravated assault with a weapon, one count of criminal trespass and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
Here's the 9-1-1 call from her husband from the evening...
You may remember Anna Benson from her time on "Baseball Wives"
Here she is with Howard Stern...
Friday, July 5, 2013
Hernandez Grand Jury Reaches Out To Florida Victim
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Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Joan Alexander has ordered Alexander Bradley to appear in her court in front of a grand jury July 17th in Fall River, Massachusetts. Bradley is the gentleman who says he lost an eye after being shot by Aaron Hernandez in February.
Bradley had been fighting a subpoena saying that he needed to return to Florida for medical treatment a week before that date.
Bradley claims in a separate civil lawsuit against Hernandez that Bradley was shot by Hernandez as they were driving around after arguing inside a Miami strip club. At the time, Bradley told police he did not know who had shot him.
Attorney Robert Pickering argued Bradley's civil case has nothing to do with the North Attleboro investigation.
"The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is relying on a statement of a lawyer of Mr. Bradley that these crimes are strikingly similar to the crime in the Hernandez matter," he said. "Clearly this petition states that my client has never stated that."
Judge Alexander determined Bradley's medical treatment should not prevent him from being in Massachusetts a week later.
Here was the reporting as the third venue, a rented apartment, was being searched...
((HT: MyFoxBoston))
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Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Joan Alexander has ordered Alexander Bradley to appear in her court in front of a grand jury July 17th in Fall River, Massachusetts. Bradley is the gentleman who says he lost an eye after being shot by Aaron Hernandez in February.
Bradley had been fighting a subpoena saying that he needed to return to Florida for medical treatment a week before that date.
Bradley claims in a separate civil lawsuit against Hernandez that Bradley was shot by Hernandez as they were driving around after arguing inside a Miami strip club. At the time, Bradley told police he did not know who had shot him.
Attorney Robert Pickering argued Bradley's civil case has nothing to do with the North Attleboro investigation.
"The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is relying on a statement of a lawyer of Mr. Bradley that these crimes are strikingly similar to the crime in the Hernandez matter," he said. "Clearly this petition states that my client has never stated that."
Judge Alexander determined Bradley's medical treatment should not prevent him from being in Massachusetts a week later.
Here was the reporting as the third venue, a rented apartment, was being searched...
((HT: MyFoxBoston))
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Police Find More Evidence In Hernandez Condo, Also Discouraging Jailhouse Marriage
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It's been an interesting day or two in the Aaron Hernandez investigation...
Two more properties connected to Hernandez- a condo in suburban Boston and his uncle's condo in his hometown of Bristol, Connecticut- have had evidence taken from them.
Search warrants show that police found a white hooded-sweatshirt and a baseball cap allegedly worn by Hernandez the night Odin Lloyd was murdered at an apartment Hernandez rented in the suburban Boston town of Franklin. Investigators said they also found a valet parking stub from the W Hotel, which is near the Rumor nightclub in Boston.
Prosecutors allege Hernandez came up with the plan for Lloyd's murder at Rumor because he was angry with Lloyd talking to people about a topic Hernandez didn't want discussed and talking to people at the club that Hernandez "did not like." Police also say they found ammunition in the apartment, including .45-caliber ammunition – the same caliber as the handgun used in the murder.
Also, there has been talk of Hernandez marrying his girlfriend-now-fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins. Jenkins had been cooperating with police during early questioning until she received a call from Hernandez telling her to stop. If the couple was married, Jenkins could be protected from testifying against Hernandez at trial.
Bristol County (MA) Sheriff Tom Hodgson is saying he'll do everything he can to block a marriage- encouraging anyone who wants to get married in jail to stay out of trouble and get married someplace else more appropriate in the first place.
"We're not going to revamp our entire security system to perform marriages inside our prison. If you want to get married, what you do is, you stay out of jail," he told the NFL Network's NFL AM program.
Here's the updates from Boston...
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It's been an interesting day or two in the Aaron Hernandez investigation...
Two more properties connected to Hernandez- a condo in suburban Boston and his uncle's condo in his hometown of Bristol, Connecticut- have had evidence taken from them.
Search warrants show that police found a white hooded-sweatshirt and a baseball cap allegedly worn by Hernandez the night Odin Lloyd was murdered at an apartment Hernandez rented in the suburban Boston town of Franklin. Investigators said they also found a valet parking stub from the W Hotel, which is near the Rumor nightclub in Boston.
Prosecutors allege Hernandez came up with the plan for Lloyd's murder at Rumor because he was angry with Lloyd talking to people about a topic Hernandez didn't want discussed and talking to people at the club that Hernandez "did not like." Police also say they found ammunition in the apartment, including .45-caliber ammunition – the same caliber as the handgun used in the murder.
Also, there has been talk of Hernandez marrying his girlfriend-now-fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins. Jenkins had been cooperating with police during early questioning until she received a call from Hernandez telling her to stop. If the couple was married, Jenkins could be protected from testifying against Hernandez at trial.
Bristol County (MA) Sheriff Tom Hodgson is saying he'll do everything he can to block a marriage- encouraging anyone who wants to get married in jail to stay out of trouble and get married someplace else more appropriate in the first place.
"We're not going to revamp our entire security system to perform marriages inside our prison. If you want to get married, what you do is, you stay out of jail," he told the NFL Network's NFL AM program.
Here's the updates from Boston...
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
DEVELOPING: Hernandez Denied Bail By Fall River Superior Court
The judge seeing the arguments in the ideas of Aaron Hernandez's bail has denied the paperwork.
Hernandez returns to jail to wait for his next hearing in a month's time...
But the contradiction of the gag order goes against the idea of all the evidence presented by prosecutors...
Examples:
Police recovered evidence from Hernandez's phone, which included texts to the victim and two friends on the night of the murder. He requested Odin Lloyd come over to his house and pick something up while seemingly agitatingly texted his friends wondering where they were and how far away from the house to allegedly carry out their actions against Lloyd...
The prosecution said they have Hernandez on surveillance tape holding a weapon, while allegedly saying "you can't trust anyone anymore." Witnesses and surveillance tape in Boston also showed Hernandez and Lloyd in a car together the day of the murder. Texts showed Hernandez allegedly was mad because Lloyd talked to people that Hernandez "had troubles with."
Six to eight hours of footage was missing from Hernandez's home security video system- presumably when he destroyed it.
The prosecution said the video that was recovered shows someone leaving a car with a gun in hand on the night of the murder and that same someone was walking through Hernandez's house before video footage went out.
A shell casing was found in a car Hernandez rented matching shell casings found at the murder scene.
The prosecution alleges Hernandez shot Lloyd three times right after Lloyd got out of the car, then Hernandez allegedly stood over Lloyd and shot him two more times.
The prosecution also referenced the undated TMZ photo of Hernandez holding a Glock in a selfie- tying it to his predisposition to guns and suggesting that a Glock was the murder weapon.
The defense came back with the idea that as a father with a fiancee, being one of the best football players in the "United States of America," needing rehab for injuries (which was news), and being as recognizable as he is that he would not be a flight risk.
Superior Court Judge Renee Dupuis said that Hernandez is a person who "does not apply to society's rules." She also thought that the circumstantial was very strong and ordered Hernandez be returned to the Bristol County House of Correction and Jail.
Some who stayed outside the courthouse chanted "Innocent!"
For whatever that's worth...
Prosecutors did not stay to answer questions for the assembled media, however Hernandez's attorneys did with the shouting throng around him.
More when we know more...
Hernandez returns to jail to wait for his next hearing in a month's time...
But the contradiction of the gag order goes against the idea of all the evidence presented by prosecutors...
Examples:
Police recovered evidence from Hernandez's phone, which included texts to the victim and two friends on the night of the murder. He requested Odin Lloyd come over to his house and pick something up while seemingly agitatingly texted his friends wondering where they were and how far away from the house to allegedly carry out their actions against Lloyd...
The prosecution said they have Hernandez on surveillance tape holding a weapon, while allegedly saying "you can't trust anyone anymore." Witnesses and surveillance tape in Boston also showed Hernandez and Lloyd in a car together the day of the murder. Texts showed Hernandez allegedly was mad because Lloyd talked to people that Hernandez "had troubles with."
Six to eight hours of footage was missing from Hernandez's home security video system- presumably when he destroyed it.
The prosecution said the video that was recovered shows someone leaving a car with a gun in hand on the night of the murder and that same someone was walking through Hernandez's house before video footage went out.
A shell casing was found in a car Hernandez rented matching shell casings found at the murder scene.
The prosecution alleges Hernandez shot Lloyd three times right after Lloyd got out of the car, then Hernandez allegedly stood over Lloyd and shot him two more times.
The prosecution also referenced the undated TMZ photo of Hernandez holding a Glock in a selfie- tying it to his predisposition to guns and suggesting that a Glock was the murder weapon.
The defense came back with the idea that as a father with a fiancee, being one of the best football players in the "United States of America," needing rehab for injuries (which was news), and being as recognizable as he is that he would not be a flight risk.
Superior Court Judge Renee Dupuis said that Hernandez is a person who "does not apply to society's rules." She also thought that the circumstantial was very strong and ordered Hernandez be returned to the Bristol County House of Correction and Jail.
Some who stayed outside the courthouse chanted "Innocent!"
For whatever that's worth...
Prosecutors did not stay to answer questions for the assembled media, however Hernandez's attorneys did with the shouting throng around him.
More when we know more...
DEVELOPING: Hernandez Catching It From All Sides Now (Link To Previous Murders?)
((HT: Reuters))
Connecticut state officials have arrested a man in connection with the murder investigation implicating ex-NFL player Aaron Hernandez...
New Britain (CT) State's Attorney Brian Preleski says Carlos Ortiz was charged as a "fugitive from justice" and has waived extradition to Massachusetts. Ortiz is being held on $1.5 million bail at a jail in Hartford, Connecticut.
Ortiz is scheduled to return to court on July 23rd.
Ortiz was arrested in Hernandez's hometown of Bristol, Connecticut. The arrest came as prosecutors and Bristol police were helping Massachusetts authorities in the investigation of the shooting death of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd.
Investigators are also looking into Aaron Hernandez as a possible suspect in a double murder from July of 2012 in downtown Boston.
"Since last week, the Bristol Police Department and the New Britain State's Attorney's office have, at request of authorities in Massachusetts, been assisting in their investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding the homicide of Odin Lloyd," the statement from the DA's office said. "Both the Bristol Police Department and the New Britain State's Attorney's Office will continue to provide whatever assistance we can in connection with this investigation. As the investigation is ongoing, we can have no further comment at this time."
Also, from our friends at MyFoxBoston:
According to the Boston Police blog from that date, officers responded to the intersection of Shawmut Avenue and Herald Street just after 2 a.m. When they arrived, they found three people had been shot, two fatally, as they sat in a car at a traffic light.
The men were identified as Safiro Furtado and Daniel Abreu. The FOX 25 source said the men, who worked at a cleaning company in Dorchester, had just left a bar in the area.
Furtado and Abreu were sitting in the front seat of the vehicle when witnesses said the occupants of a gray or silver SUV with Rhode Island plates opened fire on it. The surviving victim was in the back seat. Investigators believed two others in the car fled the scene.
The source said investigators were looking into Aaron Hernandez's connection to the killing.
Michael McCann was on "The Dan Patrick Show" earlier this morning to discuss...
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Connecticut state officials have arrested a man in connection with the murder investigation implicating ex-NFL player Aaron Hernandez...
New Britain (CT) State's Attorney Brian Preleski says Carlos Ortiz was charged as a "fugitive from justice" and has waived extradition to Massachusetts. Ortiz is being held on $1.5 million bail at a jail in Hartford, Connecticut.
Ortiz is scheduled to return to court on July 23rd.
Ortiz was arrested in Hernandez's hometown of Bristol, Connecticut. The arrest came as prosecutors and Bristol police were helping Massachusetts authorities in the investigation of the shooting death of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd.
Investigators are also looking into Aaron Hernandez as a possible suspect in a double murder from July of 2012 in downtown Boston.
"Since last week, the Bristol Police Department and the New Britain State's Attorney's office have, at request of authorities in Massachusetts, been assisting in their investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding the homicide of Odin Lloyd," the statement from the DA's office said. "Both the Bristol Police Department and the New Britain State's Attorney's Office will continue to provide whatever assistance we can in connection with this investigation. As the investigation is ongoing, we can have no further comment at this time."
Also, from our friends at MyFoxBoston:
According to the Boston Police blog from that date, officers responded to the intersection of Shawmut Avenue and Herald Street just after 2 a.m. When they arrived, they found three people had been shot, two fatally, as they sat in a car at a traffic light.
The men were identified as Safiro Furtado and Daniel Abreu. The FOX 25 source said the men, who worked at a cleaning company in Dorchester, had just left a bar in the area.
Furtado and Abreu were sitting in the front seat of the vehicle when witnesses said the occupants of a gray or silver SUV with Rhode Island plates opened fire on it. The surviving victim was in the back seat. Investigators believed two others in the car fled the scene.
The source said investigators were looking into Aaron Hernandez's connection to the killing.
Michael McCann was on "The Dan Patrick Show" earlier this morning to discuss...
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