Gardner, Fernandez attorneys argue to get State Attorney’s Office disqualified from murder-for-hire case
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Defense attorneys for a couple accused in a murder-for-hire plot that left a St. Johns County father of four dead will argue in court Thursday that the…
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Attorneys for Jared Bridegan’s ex-wife accused in murder-for-hire plot seek dismissal of indictment
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Shanna Gardner’s lawyers have filed a motion to dismiss the indictment on Monday, according to court documents obtained by News4JAX. Gardner is facing a first-degree murder charge…
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Trial for couple accused in murder-for-hire plot on hold until issues with State Attorney resolved, judge rules
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – All criminal proceedings in the case against a couple accused in a murder-for-hire plot have been put on hold after a judge’s ruling this week. A judge…
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Murder-for-hire plot included practice run along Jared Bridegan’s normal route home: prosecutors
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Friday marked two years since a St. Johns County father of four was shot and killed in an ambush murder in Jacksonville Beach. Now, new evidence released…
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2 years after ambush killing, estranged couple accused in Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire plot will be back in court
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Exactly two years ago Friday, a St. Johns County father of four stopped on a dark stretch of road in Jacksonville Beach after dropping off his twins…
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2 more people, including former reserve police officer, ‘likely involved’ in murder-for-hire plot, but not charged
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A new batch of evidence obtained by News4JAX on Thursday gives more details surrounding the Jared Bridegan investigation and revealed that police identified a total of five…
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Estranged couple accused in Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire plot back in court Wednesday
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Shanna Gardner and her estranged husband, Mario Fernandez, will be back inside a Duval County courtroom on Wednesday as they face charges in the murder-for-hire plot that…
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Defense teams ask for time to go over new documents in Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case
Mario Fernandez and Shanna Gardner are both facing charges in the murder-for-hire plot to kill Gardner’s ex-husband, Jared Bridegan. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The defense teams for Mario Fernandez and Shanna…
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Pretrial hearing set for admitted gunman in Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire plot
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Henry Tenon, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the conspiracy to kill Jared Bridegan has a pretrial hearing scheduled Monday in Duval County court. Tenon, 62,…
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Estranged couple accused in Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire plot will appear in court together for 1st time Friday
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The estranged husband and wife accused of orchestrating the ambush murder of Jared Bridegan in 2022 will see each other for the first time in over a…
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