Aaron Hernandez’s Brother Had Bipolar Episode Days Before ESPN Arrest, Cops Say

Cops say Aaron Hernandez‘s brother, Dennis “D.J.” Hernandez, skilled a bipolar episode lower than three weeks earlier than his ESPN arrest … one which resulted in a wild police chase by means of Connecticut roadways.

It all allegedly went down on March 8 — simply 15 days earlier than he was accused of hurling a brick at ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol — when cops say they tried to cease D.J. in his silver Hyundai as he was driving by means of Cheshire.

According to the Cheshire Police Department, D.J. was driving erratically and at excessive charges of velocity — at one level touring by means of grass fields in entrance of the Cheshire Correctional Institution.

But, police say once they tried to drag him over … D.J. blew by means of a crimson mild and misplaced officers.

According to police paperwork, obtained by TMZ Sports, cops made contact with D.J.’s mom — Terri Hernandez — a short while later … they usually say she informed them the 36-year-old former UConn soccer participant had “been acting very strange and she believed he needed to be mentally evaluated at a hospital.”

Eventually, police paperwork present, the Bristol Police Dept. was capable of take D.J. into custody “after a brief foot chase.” Cops mentioned within the docs D.J. was having a bipolar episode … and informed them he had been driving throughout Connecticut making an attempt to get arrested as a result of “he no longer wanted to stay at his mom’s house.”

Cops say he was dedicated to the Bristol Hospital on a Police Emergency Examination Request.

D.J. — who modified his title to Jonathan after Aaron’s homicide conviction — was finally hit with 5 felony prices over the incident, together with reckless driving and interesting police in pursuit. He’s due in courtroom for a listening to on the matter in mid-April.

As we reported, on March 23, simply over two weeks following the March 8 incident, D.J. was arrested again after he allegedly threw a white bag that contained a brick and a handwritten word at ESPN’s campus.