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Police Find Evidence at Hernandez's Franklin Condo

A picture shown on WHDH-TV could be a key piece of evidence in the case against former New England Patriot tight-end Aaron Hernandez, who is facing first degree murder charges in the death of Odin Lloyd. 
A viewer sent the television station a photo of Hernandez wearing a baseball cap. She took the photo a few days before the murder at Rumor nightclub in Boston. State Police requested a search warrant for a Franklin condo Hernandez was renting. There they found the baseball hat and white hoodie Hernandez was seen wearing in a video on the night of the murder and three different types of ammunition sitting on the kitchen table.
Carlos Ortiz, Hernandez's friend from Connecticut, is being held on weapons charge and reportedly told the state police about the condo in Franklin.
Read more about this story at whdh.com.
FOX-25 is reporting the state police narcotic division took out the search warrant.
More stores about Hernandez' time at the University of Florida, are also being revealed, according a Huffington Post story.
-A sworn court complaint from Florida's Eighth Judicial Court says Hernandez, then 17, was apparently involved in a fight at "The Swamp," a restaurant in Gainsville Hernandez was accused of punching a restaurant worker in the head as the former Gator was being led out of the business. Patriot and former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was listed a witness in the case. 
-In 2007, Hernandez and three other Gator players and former player, who had gone on to the NFL, were questioned in a double shooting after a Gator loss. According the Gainesville police, the players provided information and no charges were filed.



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