FL - Jared Bridegan, 33, father of 4, ambushed & killed, Jacksonville Beach, 16 Feb 2022 *3 arrests, 1 guilty* #2

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16-2023-CF-002862-AXXX-MA
MARIO ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ SALDANA
DOB: 4/28/1988

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HENRY ARTHUR TENON
DOB: 2/9/1961

16-2023-CF-000888-AXXX-MA (1st case ID # for MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE WITH A WEAPON)
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HENRY ARTHUR TENON
DOB: 2/9/1961

16-2022-CF-008168-AXXX-MA (2nd case ID # for DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED - FELONY and UNLAWFUL SPEED (REQUIRES SPEED))

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Thanks a bunch @PayrollNerd !!

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, May 7th:
*Case Management Conference 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 38) 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. Judge denies to set bond (5/24/24). Judge denies bond (9/23/24). Duval County
*Mario Enrique Fernandez Saldana (34/now 37) arrested (in Kissimmee, Orange County, 3/16/23) & 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. Duval County
Trial was set to begin on 10/20/25 with jury selection was stricken from calendar with no further dates.
Judge London M. Kite presiding. State attorney Christina Simak Stiller. Gardener defense attorneys Jose Angel Baez, lead counsel & Patrick K. Korody.
Saldana defense attorneys Frank John Tassone, Jr., Jesse Nola Driecer, James Hill & Shannon Day.
Case & court info from 3/16/23 thru 4/8/25 reference post #797 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-feb-2022-3-arrests-1-guilty-2.689030/page-40
4/8/25 Docket update: Defendant's Notice to Court regarding questioned evidence report. Court Order granting in part & reserving ruling, in part on Defendant's joint Motion to Compel Discovery-emailed to all parties & Judge listed on Order. New trial dates set. Final pretrial hearing on 10/13/25 & trial is set on 10/20/25 for 4 weeks. Hearing on motion on 4/14/25 @ 9am. Hearing on joint Motion to Compel discovery held in part-Granted in part; ruling reserved in part-Order to be entered. Court Order designating priority case. Judge London M. Kit presiding. Assistant State attorney Christina Simak Stifler & attorney for defendant (Gardner) Jose Baez, defendant (Gardner) present in jail. Also present attorney for defendant (Saldana) Jesse Nolan Dreicer & defendant (Saldana) present in jail.
4/14/25 Update: Judge London M. Kite presiding. Assistant State attorney Christina Simak Stifler. Attorney for defendant Gardner Jose Baez, Gardner present in jail. Attorney for Saldana Jesse Nolan Dreicer, Saldana present in jail. Others present: Melissa Nelson (SA-via Zoom), Alan Mizrahi (ASA), Mark Caliel (ASA), Stephen Siegel (ASA) & Patrick Koroday & Allison Rapetti for Gardener & Frank Tassone, James Hill & Shannon Day for Saldana. Saldana's joint motion to compel discovery held in full. (Order to be entered). Clerk's memo of hearing. Strike final pretrial on 10/13/25 & jury selection on 10/20/25. Next case management conference on 5/7/25 @ 9am & to set trial dates.
*Henry Arthur Tenon (61/now 64) – Plead guilty (3/17/23) to 2nd degree murder & will testify against Saldana & Gardner. Status hearing on 6/17/25.

 

[Niner]

Shanna Gardner, Mario Fernandez appear in court in Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case

Shanna Gardner and her estranged husband, Mario Fernandez, who are accused of plotting to have her ex-husband, Jared Bridegan, killed in 2022, will be back in court Wednesday morning.

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May 7, 2025
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Shanna Gardner and her estranged husband, Mario Fernandez, who are accused of plotting to have her ex-husband, Jared Bridegan, killed in 2022, were back in court Wednesday morning.
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Ahead of that, the state said Wednesday that it had provided both defense teams with its complete discovery inventory. Both sides have a meeting planned next week to go over the list once the defense has had time to review it.

Prosecutors also said the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office computer forensic unit was able to recover data from some damaged hardware that was seized in a raid. They did not elaborate on what that data included.
[.....]
Judge London Kite ordered Gardner and Fernandez to return to court at 10:30 a.m. June 6 for another pretrial hearing.

 

[Niner]

Friday, June 6th:
*Pretrial Conference Hearing for both (@ 10:30am 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 38) 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. Judge denies to set bond (5/24/24). Judge denies bond (9/23/24). Duval County
*Mario Enrique Fernandez Saldana (34/now 37) arrested (in Kissimmee, Orange County, 3/16/23) & 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. Duval County
Trial was set to begin on 10/20/25 with jury selection was stricken from calendar with no further dates.
Judge London M. Kite presiding. State attorney Christina Simak Stiller. Gardener defense attorneys Jose Angel Baez, lead counsel & Patrick K. Korody.
Saldana defense attorneys Frank John Tassone, Jr., Jesse Nola Driecer, James Hill & Shannon Day.
Case & court info from 3/16/23 thru 4/8/25 reference post #805 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-feb-2022-3-arrests-1-guilty-2.689030/page-41
4/14/25 Update: Judge London M. Kite presiding. Assistant State attorney Christina Simak Stifler. Attorney for defendant Gardner Jose Baez, Gardner present in jail. Attorney for Saldana Jesse Nolan Dreicer, Saldana present in jail. Others present: Melissa Nelson (SA-via Zoom), Alan Mizrahi (ASA), Mark Caliel (ASA), Stephen Siegel (ASA) & Patrick Koroday & Allison Rapetti for Gardener & Frank Tassone, James Hill & Shannon Day for Saldana. Saldana's joint motion to compel discovery held in full. (Order to be entered). Clerk's memo of hearing. Strike final pretrial on 10/13/25 & jury selection on 10/20/25. Next case management conference on 5/7/25 @ 9am & to set trial dates.
5/7/25 Update: The state said Wednesday that it had provided both defense teams with its complete discovery inventory. Both sides have a meeting planned next week to go over the list once the defense has had time to review it. Prosecutors also said the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office computer forensic unit was able to recover data from some damaged hardware that was seized in a raid. They did not elaborate on what that data included. Judge London Kite ordered Gardner & Fernandez to return to court at 10:30am on 6/6/25 for another pretrial hearing.
*Henry Arthur Tenon (61/now 64) – Plead guilty (3/17/23) to 2nd degree murder & will testify against Saldana & Gardner. Status hearing on 6/17/25.

 

[SleuthyLou]

I am REALLY curious if more information about Shanna’s tattoos and conversations with another inmate will be public. Jared’s widow posted the court details (Duval Core website) that Shanna was ordered to have her tattoos photographed. It made me remember Shanna had a tattoo artist in Jacksonville who was interviewed and claimed Shanna asked him if she knew anyone (lingo fuzzy, but alluding to a hit man) who could take care of someone for her. I am curious if Shanna added a new tattoo after Jared’s murder and told someone about it. If there was symbology behind it for her. I don’t know what else would be a reason for photographing tattoos. Maybe Henry Tenon or someone else described a woman like Shanna and described a tattoo placing her somewhere as evidence? Brainstorming here obviously. IMO.

 

[Niner]

I am REALLY curious if more information about Shanna’s tattoos and conversations with another inmate will be public. Jared’s widow posted the court details (Duval Core website) that Shanna was ordered to have her tattoos photographed. It made me remember Shanna had a tattoo artist in Jacksonville who was interviewed and claimed Shanna asked him if she knew anyone (lingo fuzzy, but alluding to a hit man) who could take care of someone for her. I am curious if Shanna added a new tattoo after Jared’s murder and told someone about it. If there was symbology behind it for her. I don’t know what else would be a reason for photographing tattoos. Maybe Henry Tenon or someone else described a woman like Shanna and described a tattoo placing her somewhere as evidence? Brainstorming here obviously. IMO.

Don't they usual photograph tattoos on people in jail? I thought they did - have a description on their jail records or somewhere.

 

[SleuthyLou]

Don't they usual photograph tattoos on people in jail? I thought they did - have a description on their jail records or somewhere.

I believe they do when they’re booked? But this was from a recent (May) court document requesting photographs of her tattoos based on a conversation with another inmate. I’ll have to look up, when I posed that a minute ago, the Core website wasn’t working for me.

 

[Niner]

I believe they do when they’re booked? But this was from a recent (May) court document requesting photographs of her tattoos based on a conversation with another inmate. I’ll have to look up, when I posed that a minute ago, the Core website wasn’t working for me.

Okay - than it is something different! Thanks for the info.

 

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16-2023-CF-002862-AXXX-MA
MARIO ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ SALDANA
DOB: 4/28/1988


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16-2023-CF-002862-AXXX-MA
SHANNA LEE GARDNER
DOB: 3/18/1987

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HENRY ARTHUR TENON
DOB: 2/9/1961

No changes, still 6/17/25 for both cases.

 

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HENRY ARTHUR TENON
DOB: 2/9/1961

No changes, still 6/17/25 for both cases.

Thanks a bunch for all the info!!