Hernandez associate facing murder arraignment
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}
An associate of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is to be arraigned on a new murder charge in the shooting death of a man last summer about a mile from Hernandez's home.
Ernest Wallace is due in superior court in Fall River on Thursday afternoon.
A Bristol County grand jury returned separate indictments last month against Wallace and Carlos Ortiz in the June 2013 killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to murder in the killing of Lloyd. The 27-year-old Boston man was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}
Wallace and Ortiz are from Hernandez's hometown of Bristol, Connecticut. They have previously pleaded not guilty to accessory charges in the case and are held on $500,000 bail.
Ortiz is being arraigned later.