Aaron Hernandez Trial Resumes After Courthouse Bomb Threat

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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 and court resumed at 2 p.m.

Hernandez is accused of killing Odin Lloyd in June 2013. Lloyd was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee.

Before the court was evacuated the judge said she would allow jailhouse calls in which Hernandez discusses giving money to a cousin to be used as evidence in the case.

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