Aaron Hernandez’s brother arrested for allegedly throwing brick at ESPN headquarters
Aaron Hernandez’s brother, Dennis “D.J.” Hernandez, has been arrested after allegedly throwing a brick at ESPN’s headquarters in Connecticut.
According to police documents obtained by TMZ, Hernandez threw a brick at the Worldwide Leader’s Bristol headquarters on March 23 – with a threatening note attached to it.
The late Aaron Hernandez was a star tight end for the Patriots from 2010 through 2012 whose playing career ended after he was charged and ultimately convicted of murder.
Police are saying that D.J. Hernandez showed up to ESPN in an Uber and attempted to get through the gates, but was turned away.
It was then that he threw a brick onto the campus grounds, after which the Uber sped off away from the scene.
The brick was in a plastic bag, and it also contained a note which read:
“To all media outlets. It’s about time you all realeyes the affect media has on all family members. Since you’re a world wide leader maybe you could lead how media and messages are delivered brick by brick. Clean it up!”
Police said the note was signed: “Yours truly, Dennis J. Hernandez.”
The Hernandez family is from Bristol, CT, where ESPN is headquartered.
Aaron Hernandez died by apparent suicide in prison in 2017 at 27 years old.
In 2015, Hernandez was sentenced to life without parole after getting convicted of the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd.
Hernandez was also charged in the 2012 double-murder of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, but was acquitted by a jury just five days before his suicide.
Prior to getting implicated in murder charges, Hernandez had signed a five-year extension with the Patriots worth $40 million.
Hernandez was survived by his fiancée Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez, and daughter Avielle, who is now 10 years old.
