Maid: Hernandez messed with security camera after killing
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A maid who cleaned the home of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has testified at his murder trial that she saw him “messing with” the security camera in his basement the day after the killing.
Glaucia Santos said Tuesday that she was cleaning a bathroom when she heard Hernandez enter. She says she saw him touching the camera, which is located on the basement’s family room ceiling.
During cross-examination, defense attorney Michael Fee presented a layout of Hernandez’s basement. He suggested that Santos couldn’t have seen Hernandez or the camera from where she was.
Santos could not say what Hernandez was doing with the camera.
Hernandez is charged with the June 17, 2013, killing of Odin Lloyd, who was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee.
Yankees fire part-timer in Schilling flap
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The New York Yankees say they have fired a part-time ticker seller accused by Curt Schilling of making offensive comments on Twitter about the daughter of the former Boston pitcher.
Schilling congratulated his daughter on Twitter last week after she was accepted into Salve Regina University, where she’ll play softball next year. Multiple people posted vulgar and sexually explicit comments about her.
Schilling wrote on his blog Sunday that he was astounded by the ignorance and lack of morals. He reposted tweets and identified some of the people responsible, pointing them out to employers and other organizations he believed they are affiliated with.
Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo said said Tuesday the team has “zero tolerance for anything like this. We’ve terminated him.”
The Twitter account linked to the former Yankees employee has been deactivated.
PawSox stadium faces possible roadblock
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The new owners of the Pawtucket Red Sox face a possible roadblock in their plan to build a new stadium for the Triple-A franchise in Providence.
That 4.8-acre plot along the Providence River mentioned as a possible site for the new ballpark is designated for use as a public park in a plan the Federal Highway Administration approved in 1997 as part of the relocation of a section of Interstate 195.
Doug Hecox, a highway administration spokesman, tells The Providence Journal the agency has received no formal proposal regarding a change in usage.
The former highway land is owned by the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission.
The team was purchased by a group led by Boston Red Sox president and CEO Larry Lucchino and lawyer James Skeffington.
Dice-K starts comeback with solid outing
NISHINOMIYA, Japan (AP) — Daisuke Matsuzaka made the first start of his comeback in Japan on Wednesday, returning to the scene of one of his most memorable pitching performances.
The 34-year-old right-hander struck out two while giving up four hits over three scoreless innings in his first start with the Softbank Hawks.
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