BOSTON (AP) — Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was a member of the Bloods street gang and was disciplined for having gang paraphernalia, according to newly released documents related to the investigation into his prison suicide.
A death report released Friday lists the Bloods under Hernandez’s gang profile and says Hernandez was disciplined for having ‘‘STG’’ paraphernalia. In prison, ‘‘STG’’ stands for Security Threat Group, a euphemism for gangs.
Hernandez, a former New England Patriots tight end, was found April 19 hanging from a bed sheet in his cell in a maximum-security prison, where he was serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder.