Shayanna Jenkins, the girlfriend of Aaron Hernandez, has been indicted on a perjury charge and as an accessory to the murder he is charged with.
A Massachusetts prosecutor said Friday that a grand jury indicted Jenkins on a single count in relation to the investigation into the June 17 slaying.
Odin Lloyd was found shot to death in an industrial park in North Attleborough, Mass., near Hernandez's home, where Jenkins also lives with their child.
Shayanna Jenkins' sister had been dating Lloyd.
Aaron Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in Odin Lloyd's death and is has been held without bail for the past several months.
The prosecutor says Hernandez's cousin, Tanya Singleton, also was indicted on a new charge of conspiracy to commit accessory after the fact.
The takeaway there is that the authorities believe she helped one of Aaron's alleged accomplices get out of trouble by buying him a bus ticket to Florida.
That man, Ernest Wallace, was eventually arrested in Florida, and is charged with being an accessory to Odin Lloyd's murder. He remains in custody.
Singleton has already pleaded not guilty to a criminal contempt charge. Authorities say she refused to testify before a grand jury in the murder case.
Jenkins and Singleton were not arrested and have no court date yet.
Aaron Hernandez's girlfriend faces up to two-and-a-half years in a jail if convicted on the perjury charge, though she would likely not get the full amount.
If she goes to jail, child servi
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