Overview
- He pleaded guilty to the violations, which included drug possession after police found small amounts of cocaine and MDMA at his home and an August assault at a Wellington, Florida mall.
- Judge Paul Engelmayer said a prison term was necessary given repeated breaches and rejected a request for home confinement.
- Hernandez is due to report on January 6; the Bureau of Prisons will decide where he serves, with the judge recommending a Florida facility.
- After release, he faces a new 12-month term of supervised release that requires mental-health care focused on anger management.
- Prosecutors sought three to nine months, arguing his past cooperation in the Nine Trey case should not shield him from consequences, and the judge criticized his pattern of flouting rules.