JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Disciplinary records obtained by News4JAX show that Shanna Gardner, who is accused of hiring someone to kill her ex-husband, was disciplined and accused of theft, disorderly conduct, lying to a staff member and possessing a makeshift tattoo device.
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According to the records, Gardner was seen last year going into a cell and taking commissary items costing more than $50 from an inmate and the items were later found under her bunk. When confronted, Gardner had nothing to say, according to the report.
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In January, a corrections officer said they discovered “a pencil with a sharp metal object tied to the eraser end using thread,” which suggested that “it was being utilized as a makeshift tattoo gun.” Gardner said it was not hers and that “someone was trying to set her up,” but her commissary and visitation privileges were revoked for two weeks, records show.
Gardner and her estranged husband, Mario Fernandez, are accused in the 2022 murder of Jared Bridegan, Gardner’s ex-husband.
Bridegan, a 33-year-old father of four, was killed in an ambush-style shooting in Jacksonville Beach in 2022.
Gardner and Fernandez are under indictment for first-degree murder in Bridegan’s killing, and both face the possibility of the death penalty.
Jury selection in the murder-for-hire case trial is scheduled for Oct. 20.
