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

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Niner said:
okay - I have 5/17 for Gardner next. But this article from the quote says 5/24 - and since I do not have access to the article is this for both of them of JUST Gardner?? Per court site Gardner's next hearing on 5/17 .... can you tell I am confused...
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Yeah me too. I noticed the 5/24/24 date wasn't added to her calendar yet. I'll go in and see if all the info has been updated yet.
 
16-2023-CF-002862-AXXX-MA
SHANNA LEE GARDNER
DOB: 3/18/1987

The 5/24/24 date is still not listed on her calendar nor is it mentioned in the Docket.

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The Docket has a new line and I've attached the Clerks Exhibit Memo.
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I am wondering if the 5/24/24 date was inadvertently added to Mario instead of Shanna. They are under the same case ID. It could be an error. I'll keep an eye on it over the next few days to see if it gets changed again.

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Friday, May 17th:
*Case Management Hearing (Gardner only) (@ 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 36) 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 was set to begin on 4/13/24 for both was cancelled with no further dates.
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 5/13/24 reference post #466 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-feb-2022-3-arrests-1-guilty-2.689030/page-24
5/12/24 Docket update: Defendant's 2nd Disclosure to Prosecution (Gardner). Defendant's witnesses to be called at evidentiary hearings and/or trial: 1. Henry M. Cox, III, esq 7 Megan White, c/o Korody Law filed by Baez.
5/14/24 Docket Update: Gardner: State's motion for pretrial detention & motion to deny bail. 5/15/24 Update: Gardner: Judge London Kite presiding. Present: Asst. State attorney Christina Simak-Stifler, defendant attorney Jose Baez, defendant present in jail. Others present: A. Mizrahi (ASA) & P. Korody for defense. Hearing on defense's motion to set bond & state' motion for pretrial detention & motion to deny bail held in full. Motion to determine confidentiality of 2 exhibits. Court Order on defense unopposed motion to determine confidentiality of 2 exhibits. Clerk's memo of hearing. Court Order First Coast News' & the Florida Times-Union's motion to intervene & oppose closure of hearing on defense motions to disqualify 4th Judicial Circuit Office of State attorney [Dkt #101]. Court Order on non-party WJAX-TV's motion to intervene for the limited purpose of opposing closure of Judicial proceedings [Dkt #102]. Court Order on Graham Media Group, Florida, Inc.'s motion to intervene & oppose closure of hearing on defense motions to disqualify 4th Judicial Circuit Office of State attorney [Dk #99]. Next case management conference on 5/17/24 @ 9am. 5/13/24 Docket update: Court Order on motion for in-camera inspection [Dkt #187]. Next case management conference hearing on 5/24/24 @ 1pm. 5/13/24 Docket update: Saldana: Court Order on motion for in-camera inspection [Dkt #187]. Next case management hearing on 5/24/24 @ 1pm.
*Henry Arthur Tenon (61/now 62) – Plead guilty (3/17/23) to 2nd degree murder & will testify against Saldana & Gardner. Status hearing on 5/20/24.
 
nhmemorymaker said:
As mentioned earlier, this is a good timeline article.
I am just trying to pull up the Defense's case for grantinng Shanna bond.....

It does seem so weak. Why would a judge grant bond?????


Started a little after 5:30 p.m.

Defense witness #1: Hank Coxe, Gardner’s former attorney

  • Cox talks about how he sent a letter to State Attorney’s Office saying Gardner would surrender if they wanted her to and no one responded.

Defense witness #2 via Zoom, was clergy member of LDS church

Defense witness #3 Marlow Rogers, Shannon’s Washington neighbor

Defense Witness #4 Megan White, Shanna’s older sister (lives in Utah)

  • “She was being run out of her home” (when she moved out of Florida)
  • Kids have expressed they miss mom
  • “There have been times where LB has had problems when he’s been struggling and later on when Shanna has called he’ll find that she’s been having a rough day also so it’s a connection that goes beyond distance.”
  • Said if Shanna gets bond she’ll remain in the state and parents will come down with the kids.
  • “I don’t think they cared about how he [Jared] treated their daughter.”
  • Q: “Stampin’ Up released a letter about Jared’ death? A: “Yes.” Q: “Despite this, you’re saying has your family hasn’t talked about Jared’s murder?” A: “We’ve discussed it but we haven’t speculated.”

Defense’s arguments:

  • “They could have called Kim Jensen to the stand for you, your honor.”
  • “They chose to call a detective who couldn’t even get his facts right.”
  • According to defense, Kim Jensen was brought in during a traffic stop and essentially forced her down to the SAO. When she made statements to detectives, the defense said these were not recorded. So it’s hearsay
  • “You have no evidence of any planning, plotting or participation.”
  • Ms. Gardner has no criminal history
  • Asks court to not take into consideration family’s money when/if setting bond.
5:51 p.m.: The defense calls Hank Coxe to the stand, who was Gardner’s first attorney.

5:47 p.m.: Baez cross-examined Detective Chris Johns with Jax Beach PD for the defense.

  • Showing text messages to the detective about how “I’m gonna kill someone” have been used in other conversations but doesn’t mean Shanna is actually going to kill someone.
  • “The next message says, ‘I need a break from my kids, like I’m ready to kill them,’” Baez said. “and that’s a lot of how Shanna Gardner speaks.”
  • Baez: “So you’re the lead detective in this case where they allegedly looking for a hit man. You have it right there in black in white … and you never go talk to the person that they’re allegedly looking for?
  • Johns: “I believe when we were looking for her her phone number had changed and we were unable to contact her.” Then said he had to check his notes
  • Baez: “You knew you were testifying in a capital death penalty case and you didn’t bring your notes?”
*shifting to night of murder

  • 17:16 “She [Kim Jensen] in fact told you [detective] that this was just how they spoke.”
  • 17:17 (Baez) You don’t have any text messages about hiring a hit man in 2020 or 2021 or anything like that? (detective) “no”
  • 17:20 [Baez] You are aware there’s not a single text message between Shanna Gardner and Henry Tenon that exists on this earth? [detective] “No I’m not aware of that. [baez] “And you never found any phone records between Henry Tenon and Shanna Gardner.”
  • (Baez) 17:20 “And in fact Henry Tenon told you that he never met Shanna Gardner”
  • No DNA evidence tying Shanna to crime (detective agreed)
  • 17:23 *Mario had access to trust account. “There’s not a single check signed by Shanna Gardner from that account.” (Detective) Not that I’m aware of
  • 17:37 ***Baez comment about how this is detective’s first homicide case
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Thank you so much for this Timeline. I've bookmarked it for future reference. So, the judge suppressed Shana's text messages?

Microsoft executive’s ex-wife wrote ‘good luck’ on check to a hitman. Now she’s charged with murder

... a check was written to Mr Tenon on 4 April, 2022 for the amount of $5,000, from Gardner and Saldana’s LLC, First Choice Home Rentals. Written on the check were the notes: “Kickstarter” and “Good luck!”

“Mr Tenon stated that this was the first of many payments that were supposed to be an investment into his pallet company which was actually payment for the homicide,”
 

(Apologies if this has been posted. I'm embedded in another trial, att. I did not know they used code words in their texts. Shanna is evil minded and her friend is, too. imo)​

‘We’ll be dancing in the streets when he’s gone!’: Texts show ex-wife and friend laughing, hoping for death of Microsoft exec ‘gunned down in cold blood’​

The messages between 37-year-old Shanna Gardner and a friend, identified in court as Kim Jensen, went back as far as 2015 and showed the two laughing and hoping for Bridegan’s death, even using the purported code words “casserole” and “funeral potatoes” and wondering whether anyone out there could make “someone disappear,” like a “magic” act.
 
"Shanna Gardner and her estranged husband Mario Fernandez Saldana are accused of hiring a hitman to kill Gardner’s ex-husband, Jared Bridegan, a design supervisor with Microsoft. During Gardner’s bond hearing this week, the judge heard testimony from the lead detective on the case, who laid out the evidence police have gathered so far. Law&Crime’s Jesse Weber analyzes the complex investigation with Thomas Holt, the Director of the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice."

 
How dumb do you have to be in this day and age to talk and plan in writing so gleefully about how much you want to kill your husband!! Wow. And to involve so many people. Kim Jansen, that Sue lady, Tenon, a tattoo artist (?). Like a group project. So gross!

JMO
 
nhmemorymaker said:
Good good read......still waiting!!!!
What did her parents know and when????
Forever, my question

P L E A S E. NO BOND.
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Great question! Wasn’t there that picture of the family, with SG and her parents, and MFS sitting somewhere on vacation (possibly with the kids and their faces blurred) - and all were smiling? When was that taken? Was that just after the murder? I don’t recall and would not be able to find it if I tried. MOO
 
Bond on a death penalty case with a wealthy defendant? I can’t believe the judge didn’t rule on the spot. This is crazy. What is there to consider? She already tried to evade LE prior to her arrest.

I don’t like this judge. She has a cool name but she seems green. I’m getting Judge Scherer (Parkland judge) deja vu. She doesn’t have an authoritative air about her. It makes me nervous knowing Baez is on this case with a green judge. JMO
 
I am not Sherlock H. said:
Great question! Wasn’t there that picture of the family, with SG and her parents, and MFS sitting somewhere on vacation (possibly with the kids and their faces blurred) - and all were smiling? When was that taken? Was that just after the murder? I don’t recall and would not be able to find it if I tried. MOO
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Yes. Here:
Eta: If that link doesn't work without the app, this one should:
nypost.com

Florida woman charged for orchestrating ex-husband’s murder seen smiling on vacation weeks later: ‘We had so much fun!’

Roughly five weeks after the killing, Shanna Gardner-Fernandez and Mario Fernandez frolicked at the Sandpiper Bay resort in Port St. Lucie.
nypost.com nypost.com
 
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I am not Sherlock H. said:
Great question! Wasn’t there that picture of the family, with SG and her parents, and MFS sitting somewhere on vacation (possibly with the kids and their faces blurred) - and all were smiling? When was that taken? Was that just after the murder? I don’t recall and would not be able to find it if I tried. MOO
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taken on their little cozy cruise.

they knew more. I am sure and moo.
 
Weki said:
Bond on a death penalty case with a wealthy defendant? I can’t believe the judge didn’t rule on the spot. This is crazy. What is there to consider? She already tried to evade LE prior to her arrest.
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^^rsbm

I think we can view this as another welcome to bond reform where common sense (and often times the State's Constitution) get thrown out the Courtroom window (which no longer contain any glass). MOO

For example, Colorado voters will be voting this fall to update the language of their State Constitution after the State Supreme Court ruled the term 'capital offense' implies death penalty, and since the state abolished punishment by death, capital offenses such as first degree murder are now eligible for bond and/or pretrial bail release!

Killer's getting bond wasn't intended...
 
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