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Shank found in Aaron Hernandez’s cell

Published December 4, 2015 03:30 PM

Former New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez attends a pre-trial hearing at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston, on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. Judge Jeffrey Locke agreed to postpone the double murder trial of Hernandez while prosecutors try to get their hands on evidence now held by a law firm that previously represented him. Hernandez is accused in the 2012 killings of two Boston men. He was convicted this year in the June 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd. (David L Ryan/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)

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Former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been in jail for more than two years. Serving a life sentence for murder while facing trial on double-murder charges, Hernandez now faces additional problems.

According to WHDH.com, prison officials found a shank in Hernandez’s cell. He has been moved into a segregated unit of the facility.

The homemade knife was discovered on Thursday at the Massachusetts maximum-security facility.

It’s not Hernandez’s first issue while behind bars. Earlier this year, he was accused of serving as a lookout while another inmate went into a cell for the purposes of fighting. In 2014, Hernandez allegedly engaged in an altercation with another inmate.