Aaron Hernandez Arrested, His home searched; Football Star Loses Endorsements

Aaron Hernandez was arrested and police searched the football star’s home in the investigation of the killing of a semi-pro football player whose body was found a mile from Aaron Hernandez’s home. After Aaron Hernandez’s arrest, the police collected about fifteen bags of evidence, according to published reports.

Aaron Hernandez arrest prompted state police officers to search his home using dogs to investigage the home of the New England Patriots tight end, Aaron Hernandez. The police searched for over three and a half hours yesterday.

The police arrived at Aaron Hernandez’s home in North Attleborough, Mass., with a warrant just before 2 p.m. ET. They brought two police dogs and what looked like crime analysis equipment. They also brought a pry bar into the house and called a locksmith. The police left the Hernandez house at about 5:45 p.m. with about fifteen bags of apparent evidence. Authorities searched Hernandez’s home, his backyard and his playhouse

The police made no comments to reporters. State police spokespeople referred questions to the district attorney's office.

An attorney said Hernandez would also make no comment on the searches.

A source told ABC News that authorities are expected to execute an arrest warrant at some point for Hernandez for obstruction of justice. The warrant was in response to the discovery that the security system at Hernandez's home, along with his cellphone, were destroyed. Law enforcement sources confirmed that the security system was destroyed intentionally and that Hernandez's cellphone was handed over to investigators "in pieces" by his attorneys. Police are also interested to learn why a team of house cleaners was hired on Monday to scrub Hernandez's mansion.

ESPN legal analyst Roger Cossack said "There's a federal statute in every state that you cannot knowingly destroy evidence. And what [authorities] believe has happened here is that the home surveillance system was destroyed, the cellphone was destroyed, the house was cleaned, and the police think there was evidence that was destroyed because of that. Now the problem of course is that nobody knows what was in that home surveillance, so in some ways it's difficult for the police to make their case."

CytoSport, which makes of Muscle Milk, announced that it will end the endorsement deal Hernandez signed. In a statement CytoSport said “In light of the investigation involving Aaron Hernandez, CytoSport is terminating its endorsement contract with Mr. Hernandez, effective immediately.”

Puma, which also has an endorsement deal with Hernandez, has not made any comment on its relationship with the football player.