Aaron Hernandez associate admits to accessory charge in Odin Lloyd’s murder
A friend of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez will spend at least 4.5 years in prison in connection to the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd.
Related Links
Carlos A. Ortiz — who lived in Hernandez’s hometown of Bristol, Connecticut — was charged with first-degree murder and accessory after the fact in the killing of Odin Lloyd. He changed his plea to guilty during a hearing in Bristol Superior Court on Monday, according to Bristol District Attorney Thomas Quinn. A judge sentenced Ortiz to a minimum of 4.5 years, and a maximum of seven years, in prison.
Lloyd, 27, of Dorchester, was the boyfriend of Hernandez’s fiance’s sister. Prosecutors said Hernandez, Ortiz and a third man, Ernest Wallace, picked up Lloyd from his home in Dorchester in the early morning hours of June 17, 2013 and drove him to an industrial park in North Attleborough, where Hernandez shot him.
Hernandez was found guilty of first-degree murder in April 2015 and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Wallace was acquitted on a murder charge in May, but convicted of accessory after the fact. He was sentenced to up to seven years in prison.
Hernandez still faces murder charges in connection with a 2012 drive-by shooting in Boston that killed Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado. He has pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court.
To comment, please create a screen name in your profile
To comment, please verify your email address
Conversation
This discussion has ended. Please join elsewhere on Boston.com