An associate of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges stemming from the killing of 27-year-old semipro football player Odin Lloyd . Ernest Wallace is charged with being an accessory after the fact in Lloyd 's slaying in an industrial park near Hernandez 's Massachusetts home . Wallace was ordered held on $ 500,000 bail , according to Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter 's Twitter feed . A full bail hearing is scheduled for September 26 , `` after the defense has had an opportunity to review the transcripts of the grand jury proceedings , '' Wallace 's attorney , David Meier , told CNN . Prosecutors say Hernandez orchestrated Lloyd 's June 17 execution-style shooting . He has been charged with first-degree murder and has pleaded not guilty . Authorities have said that Hernandez , Wallace , and a third man , Carlos Ortiz , picked Lloyd up from his Boston apartment in a rental car shortly before his death . Surveillance cameras then captured the rental car leaving the crime scene and Hernandez carrying a gun as he returned to his home minutes later . He was with two other people . Lloyd was not among them .
Ernest Wallace pleaded not guilty to charge related to murder of Odin Lloyd in June . Authorities : Wallace , Aaron Hernandez and third team picked up Lloyd the night he was killed . Ex - tight end Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to first - degree murder in Lloyd 's death .