FALL RIVER, Mass. — The murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has resumed after being disrupted by a bomb threat called in to the courthouse.
The Fall River Justice Center was evacuated at around noon Thursday and swept by Massachusetts State Police. No explosives were found.
Employees were let back in about an hour later. Court resumed at 2 p.m.
Hernandez is accused in the June 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd, who was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee.
A decision by the judge released earlier Thursday said she would allow jailhouse calls in which Hernandez discusses giving money to a cousin to be used as evidence in the case.