Man Who Smuggled Guns to North Attleboro Home of Aaron Hernandez Sentenced to Prison

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A Florida man this week was sentenced to 2 years in prison for shipping $15,000 worth of guns to the North Attleboro home of convicted murder and disgraced former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez.

Oscar Hernandez, 24, of Belle Glade, Fla., pleaded guilty to sending at least three guns to Aaron Hernandez. The pair are not related.

“The illegal trafficking of firearms in our country threatens the safety of each and every community as well as the laws that ensure safe gun ownership,” said U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz in a statement. “This case demonstrates that no one is immune from the scrutiny of the law, and, that in the end, justice will prevail.”

Prosecutors said Oscar Hernandez bought an old Toyota Camry, loaded the car full of guns, and shipped it to Aaron Hernandez’s North Attleboro home. Aaron Hernandez’s girlfriend, Shayanna Jenkins, paid for the delivery of the car, prosecutors said, and Aaron Hernandez’s palm print was recovered from one of the guns recovered from the Toyota Camry.

Last month, Aaron Hernandez was sentenced to life in prison for killing a man in 2013. He’s scheduled to go on trial for two more murders.

He didn’t use any of the guns Oscar Hernandez shipped him in the murders, prosecutors said.

Photo credit: Seminole County Sheriff’s Office