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Monday, April 8th:
*Motions Hearing for both (@ 9am ET) – FL – Jared Galen Bridegan (33), father of 4 ambushed & killed (shot 4 times), his 2-year-old daughter was just feet away in the back seat, Jacksonville Beach, Feb. 16, 2022. – *Shanna Lee Gardner-Fernandez (36/now 37) indicted & arrested (8/17/23 by ATF agents in West Richland, Wash.), charged & arraigned (11/3/23) with 1st degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit a capital felony & child abuse. DA will seek the DP. Held without bail on Fugitive warrant (in Benton County, WA). Was extradited on 10/20/23 to Florida. Plead not guilty. No bond.
*Mario Enrique Fernandez Saldana (34/now 35) arrested (in Kissimmee, Orange County, 3/22/23) & charged & indicted (3/16/23) & arraigned (4/4/23) with 1st degree murder with a weapon, conspiracy to commit 1st degree murder, solicitation to commit a capital felony & child abuse. In Orange County jail waiting for transfer to Jacksonville in Duval County. Transferred to Duval County on 3/22/23. Held without bond. Plead not guilty. DA will seek the DP.
Trial set to begin on 4/13/24 for both.
Judge London M. Kite. State attorney Christina Simak Stiller. Gardener defense attorneys Jose Angel Baez, lead counsel & Patrick K. Korody. Saldana defense attorneys Frank John Tassone, Jr., Jesse Driecer & James Hill.
Case & court info from 3/16/23 thru 3/18/24 reference post #376 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/...-feb-2022-3-arrests-1-guilty-2.689030/page-19
3/25/24 Update: Prosecutors have filed a motion asking that the judge who makes that decision be the special master who was appointed to review communications captured via a search warrant that are at the center of a defense motion to bar the State Attorney’s Office from trying the case against Gardner & Fernandez. Gardner’s lawyers have filed a motion to dismiss the indictment against her & both defense teams want State Attorney Melissa Nelson’s office removed from the case. Judge Robert Foster was appointed by the court to determine which of those communications captured via a search warrant must be shielded from prosecutors. The state wants Foster to be the one to decide whether prosecutors are disqualified from the case, not Judge London Kite, who is presiding over the murder trial. That motion is being considered after arguments were made by both sides in court Monday morning. Among the contested materials Foster will review is a Word document concerning Fernandez titled “Confidential Communications” & dozens of emails between Gardner & her attorney, and a recorded phone call between Gardner & her attorney. Gardner’s defense said if the indictment against her is not dismissed, all of Gardner’s communications should be suppressed & the 4th SAO removed from the case. Again, until the disqualification issue is resolved, the case is on hold. Judge Kite said she will take the issue under advisement & issue her order in writing. The next court date is set for 4/4/24.
4/4/24 Update: Ruling on motion pushed back to 4/8/24.
*Henry Arthur Tenon (61/now 62) – Plead guilty (3/17/23) to 2nd degree murder & will testify against Saldana & Gardner. Status hearing on 4/9/24.
*Motions Hearing for both (@ 9am ET) – FL – Jared Galen Bridegan (33), father of 4 ambushed & killed (shot 4 times), his 2-year-old daughter was just feet away in the back seat, Jacksonville Beach, Feb. 16, 2022. – *Shanna Lee Gardner-Fernandez (36/now 37) indicted & arrested (8/17/23 by ATF agents in West Richland, Wash.), charged & arraigned (11/3/23) with 1st degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation to commit a capital felony & child abuse. DA will seek the DP. Held without bail on Fugitive warrant (in Benton County, WA). Was extradited on 10/20/23 to Florida. Plead not guilty. No bond.
*Mario Enrique Fernandez Saldana (34/now 35) arrested (in Kissimmee, Orange County, 3/22/23) & charged & indicted (3/16/23) & arraigned (4/4/23) with 1st degree murder with a weapon, conspiracy to commit 1st degree murder, solicitation to commit a capital felony & child abuse. In Orange County jail waiting for transfer to Jacksonville in Duval County. Transferred to Duval County on 3/22/23. Held without bond. Plead not guilty. DA will seek the DP.
Trial set to begin on 4/13/24 for both.
Judge London M. Kite. State attorney Christina Simak Stiller. Gardener defense attorneys Jose Angel Baez, lead counsel & Patrick K. Korody. Saldana defense attorneys Frank John Tassone, Jr., Jesse Driecer & James Hill.
Case & court info from 3/16/23 thru 3/18/24 reference post #376 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/...-feb-2022-3-arrests-1-guilty-2.689030/page-19
3/25/24 Update: Prosecutors have filed a motion asking that the judge who makes that decision be the special master who was appointed to review communications captured via a search warrant that are at the center of a defense motion to bar the State Attorney’s Office from trying the case against Gardner & Fernandez. Gardner’s lawyers have filed a motion to dismiss the indictment against her & both defense teams want State Attorney Melissa Nelson’s office removed from the case. Judge Robert Foster was appointed by the court to determine which of those communications captured via a search warrant must be shielded from prosecutors. The state wants Foster to be the one to decide whether prosecutors are disqualified from the case, not Judge London Kite, who is presiding over the murder trial. That motion is being considered after arguments were made by both sides in court Monday morning. Among the contested materials Foster will review is a Word document concerning Fernandez titled “Confidential Communications” & dozens of emails between Gardner & her attorney, and a recorded phone call between Gardner & her attorney. Gardner’s defense said if the indictment against her is not dismissed, all of Gardner’s communications should be suppressed & the 4th SAO removed from the case. Again, until the disqualification issue is resolved, the case is on hold. Judge Kite said she will take the issue under advisement & issue her order in writing. The next court date is set for 4/4/24.
4/4/24 Update: Ruling on motion pushed back to 4/8/24.
*Henry Arthur Tenon (61/now 62) – Plead guilty (3/17/23) to 2nd degree murder & will testify against Saldana & Gardner. Status hearing on 4/9/24.
