The estranged couple accused of orchestrating the ambush murder of a 33-year-old father of four in 2022 will be back in court again on Monday as the judge makes decisions on some final motions heading into next month’s trials.

Shanna Gardner and her estranged second husband, Mario Fernandez, are due back in court on Thursday as the time to prepare for their separate murder trials winds down.

A judge agreed last month that Kirsten Bridegan, the widow of Jared Bridegan, would have to sit for a second deposition with the attorneys of her late husband’s ex-wife, who is one of those accused of orchestrating his murder. But the judge’s order, issued July 3, limits what Kirsten Bridegan can be asked to seven specific topics and caps the deposition at two hours.

The man accused of fatally shooting Jared Bridegan in what prosecutors describe as a murder-for-hire plot should learn Wednesday when his trial will begin.

New court documents filed in the murder case against Shanna Gardner, Mario Fernandez and Henry Tenon in the death of Gardner’s ex-husband, Jared Bridegan, reveal that Fernandez allegedly called Gardner the “mastermind” behind the killing — and orchestrated a scheme from behind bars to frame Bridegan’s widow, Kirsten Bridegan, for the crime.

The prosecution will be allowed to share evidence in court that was obtained from Shanna Gardner’s electronics through court-authorized wiretaps, Judge London Kite ruled.

Nearly two months after they learned they will be tried separately in what investigators call a murder-for-hire plot to kill Jared Bridegan, Shanna Gardner and Mario Fernandez were back in court on Monday as Judge London Kite continues to work through pre-trial motions.

Some of the previously incriminating statements made to prosecutors by the man accused of fatally shooting Jared Bridegan will not be allowed during his first-degree murder trial, Judge London Kite announced Tuesday.

Shana Gardner and Henry Tenon will return to court on Wednesday for another pre-trial hearing in the Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys for both Shanna Gardner and Mario Fernandez have agreed that the two should be tried separately in the high-profile Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case.

One of the men accused of plotting to kill St. Johns County father of four Jared Bridegan in 2022 will return to court Thursday for another pre-trial hearing while his case moves through the judicial process.

Henry Tenon, the accused gunman in the Jared Bridegan murder‑for‑hire case, appeared in court for a pre-trial hearing on Monday, his first since withdrawing his 2023 guilty plea.

A judge granted on Tuesday morning a motion to withdraw the guilty plea of the accused gunman in the Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case.

One of the men accused of plotting to kill St. Johns County father of four Jared Bridegan in 2022 will return to court Thursday for another pre-trial hearing while his case moves through the judicial process.

One of the men accused of plotting to kill St. Johns County father of four Jared Bridegan in 2022 is expected to find out Thursday if he could be released from jail while his case moves through the judicial process.

A judge granted on Tuesday morning a motion to withdraw the guilty plea of the accused gunman in the Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case.

A judge granted on Tuesday morning a motion to withdraw the guilty plea of the accused gunman in the Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case.

Four years ago today, 33-year-old Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan was gunned down in Jacksonville Beach in what investigators would later describe as a murder-for-hire plot they say was orchestrated by his ex-wife and her new husband.

Henry Tenon, the man who pleaded guilty to pulling the trigger in the 2022 murder-for-hire killing of Jared Bridegan in Jacksonville Beach, is now seeking to withdraw his guilty plea.

The accused gunman in the Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case has entered a motion to withdraw his guilty plea and proceed with a trial instead, according to court documents.

Mario Fernandez was back in front of a judge on Thursday as two defense motions were argued in court.

There has been a major development in the high-profile Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case.

Shanna Gardner and her estranged husband, Mario Fernandez, will appear in court Monday morning for a pre-trial hearing in Jared Bridegan’s murder-for-hire case.

The admitted gunman in the Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case will appear in court for a status hearing Tuesday morning.

According to court documents filed Friday, prosecutors will no longer be seeking the death penalty against the estranged husband and wife accused in the murder-for-hire plot that investigators say killed Jared Bridegan.

Shanna Gardner and her estranged husband, Mario Fernandez, were set to appear in court Friday morning for a pre-trial hearing in Jared Bridegan’s murder-for-hire case.

A week after the State Attorney’s Office released body camera footage and 911 calls related to the 2022 shooting death of Jared Bridegan, two of those accused in a murder-for-hire plot in his death will appear in court Friday.

Days after the State Attorney’s Office released another round of discovery material in the Jared Bridgean murder-for-hire case, the judge granted a motion from Bridegan’s ex-wife, Shanna Gardner, requesting that some evidence not be released before the trial.

New evidence released Wednesday by the State Attorney’s Office offers a glimpse into the earliest moments of the investigation into the ambush murder of Jared Bridegan, a 33-year-old father of four gunned down in Jacksonville Beach in February 2022.

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 Thursday afternoon for another pretrial hearing.

The admitted gunman in the Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case has a new attorney, according to court records.

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.

The widow of Jared Bridegan, who was murdered in an ambush-style shooting in Jacksonville Beach in 2022, filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Friday against the three people facing charges in his murder.

Shanna Gardner, who is accused of plotting to have her ex-husband Jared Bridegan killed in 2022, was back in Duval County court Friday.

Attorneys for Shanna Gardner, who is accused of plotting to have her ex-husband killed in 2022, filed a new motion Thursday to sanction prosecutors with the State Attorney’s Office, following the discovery of several “violations and failures” in the case.

The widow of Jared Bridegan, who was murdered in an ambush-style shooting in Jacksonville Beach in 2022, filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Friday against the three people facing charges in his murder.

Defense attorneys for Shanna Gardner and Mario Fernandez filed a new motion to obtain jail phone records of Jared Bridegan’s admitted gunman, Henry Tenon, after he recently backtracked on his previous testimony saying it was false.

“False testimony:” Those are two words that could change the entire trajectory of the Jared Bridegan murder case, according to a legal analyst.

“False testimony:” Those are two words that could change the entire trajectory of the Jared Bridegan murder case, according to a legal analyst.

“False testimony:” Those are two words that could change the entire trajectory of the Jared Bridegan murder case, according to a legal analyst.

The man who admitted to pulling the trigger in the Jared Bridegan case is now saying his testimony was false.

The estranged husband and wife who are accused in a 2022 murder-for-hire plot to kill Jared Bridegan will be back in court Monday.

Attorneys for Shanna Gardner, who is accused of plotting to have her ex-husband, Jared Bridegan, killed in 2022 are expected to argue in court Thursday against the death penalty in her case.

Inside 800 pages of reports from prosecutors obtained by News4JAX on Tuesday lie new details in the Jared Bridegan murder investigation.

Now, new evidence released this week suggested his murder was not only planned, it was also rehearsed.

The estranged couple accused in what investigators describe as a murder-for-hire plot was back in court Friday -- exactly two years after the ambush killing of 33-year-old Jared Bridegan.

A new batch of evidence obtained by News4JAX on Thursday gives more details into the Jared Bridegan investigation and revealed that police identified a total of five people who were “likely involved” in a murder-for-hire plot that resulted in the death of the father of four.

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 investigators say left Gardner’s ex-husband, Jared Bridegan, dead.

The estranged husband and wife accused of orchestrating the ambush murder of Jared Bridegan in 2022 will be back in court Monday for back-to-back hearings.

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.

The estranged husband and wife accused of orchestrating the ambush murder of Jared Bridegan in 2022 saw each other for the first time in over a year when they appeared back-to-back in court Friday.

The previously dark and wooded stretch of Jacksonville Beach where father of 4 Jared Bridegan was murdered in February 2022 now has bright streetlights to make it safer.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys are preparing for a legal showdown in the Jared Bridegan murder case, which new legal filings show will involve the use of wire taps and phone search warrants.

Shanna Gardner was booked into the Duval County Jail late last night after being extradited from Washington State

One of three people accused of a plot to kill a St. Johns County father of four said “it ain’t looking good” when talking about his case in a jailhouse interview.

For the first time since his wife’s arrest in the murder conspiracy to kill her ex-husband, the man accused of orchestrating the death of Jared Bridegan will appear in court Tuesday.

During the video, Mario Fernandez can be seen sitting handcuffed in the back of a pickup truck, talking with investigators. He was then placed into the back of a patrol car.

The State Attorney’s Office on Thursday the indictment of Jared Bridegan’s ex-wife on first-degree murder charges in the conspiracy that led to his ambush shooting last year.

The man accused of planning Jared Bridegan’s death appeared in court today. Mario Fernandez faces first degree murder, conspiracy, and child abuse charges.

The man investigators say helped orchestrate a conspiracy to kill a St. Johns County father of four in February 2022 will plead not guilty to the charges against him at his arraignment Tuesday in Duval County court.

The man investigators say helped orchestrate a conspiracy to kill a St. Johns County father of four in February 2022 plans to plead not guilty to the charges against him, his attorney said in a statement to News4JAX on Thursday.

The man investigators say was behind the money in a conspiracy to kill a St. Johns County father of four in February 2022 has been transferred to the Duval County jail.

News4JAX on Monday obtained the plea agreement signed Thursday by Henry Tenon, in which he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of Jared Bridegan.

When deadly shots were fired on a dark stretch of road near the Sanctuary neighborhood on Feb. 16, 2022, investigators say it was the culmination of a weeks-long conspiracy to kill Jared Bridegan.

State Attorney Melissa Nelson and Jacksonville Beach Police Chief Gene Paul Smith announced arrest of Mario Fernandez in the February 2022 murder of Jared Bridegan.

The man arrested in connection with the death of Jared Bridegan appeared in Duval County court Monday morning for his arraignment.

Henry Tenon scheduled to be in Duval County court Monday for his arraignment

The state attorney’s office filed the formal charges against the man arrested in connection with the shooting death last year of a father of four in Jacksonville Beach, Duval County court records show.

The widow and brother of a father of four killed last year in what police believe was a targeted ambush shooting in Jacksonville Beach opened up Thursday to the News4JAX I-TEAM about the arrest in the case and the questions still left in the investigation.

The 61-year-old man arrested in connection with the targeted ambush shooting of a father of four in Jacksonville Beach last year will be arraigned on the charges Feb. 16 -- a year to the day that Jared Bridegan was gunned down with his toddler daughter in the back seat of his SUV.

Nearly a year after a father of four was gunned down in what police believe was a targeted ambush shooting in Jacksonville Beach, police and the state attorney’s office announced an arrest in the case Wednesday.