Former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was found guilty of murdering Odin Lloyd in April 2015 and sentenced to life in prison.
One of the friends that helped Hernandez on the June 2013 night he killed Lloyd in Massachusetts is headed behind bars as well. Carlos Ortiz faced charges of first-degree murder and accessory to murder after the fact for his role in that night’s activities and plead guilty to the latter charge on Monday.
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn announced that Ortiz has been sentenced to 4.5-7 years in prison. Hernandez’s other accomplice, Ernest Wallace, was found guilty of the same charge earlier this year and received the same sentence.
Prosecutors said Ortiz and Wallace were in a car with Hernandez when they picked up Lloyd and drove him to an industrial park so Hernandez could shoot him. The Associated Press reports Ortiz told the judge in his case that he saw Hernandez and Lloyd walk off together, heard a shot and then Hernandez returned to the car alone.
Hernandez still faces charges in a 2012 double murder in Boston. He has pleaded not guilty.