JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Protection attorneys for Shanna Gardner and Mario Fernandez filed a brand new movement to acquire jail telephone information of Jared Bridegan’s admitted gunman, Henry Tenon, after he recently backtracked on his previous testimony saying it was false. The decide permitted the movement on Wednesday morning.
Choose London M. Kite granted the movement to order the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Workplace to launch Tenon’s jail calls. The movement got here after a latest courtroom submitting revealed that Tenon, who had beforehand pleaded responsible to second-degree homicide and agreed to testify towards Gardner and Fernandez, is now altering his story.
Gardner and Fernandez, each accused of orchestrating the homicide of Bridegan, Gardner’s ex-husband, appeared in courtroom Wednesday.
Bridegan, a 33-year-old father of 4, was killed in an ambush-style capturing in Jacksonville Seashore in 2022.
Previous evidence from 2023 includes calls Tenon made while behind bars on the Duval County jail. In a single, he advised an unidentified girl “It ain’t trying good, let’s put it at that…I’m in all probability going to be right here for some time.”
“I want you’ll name with excellent news such as you’re getting launched or one thing,” she mentioned in a separate name.
“It don’t look that means anyhow, thus far, it ain’t,” he replied.
“Properly, hopefully, they understand that it’s not you,” she added. Nearly all of the beforehand launched name information are redacted, so the context can’t be confirmed.
The decide additionally mentioned Wednesday she would enter a brand new order authorizing the Secret Service to switch encrypted proof to the prosecution, to allow them to transport and ship it to Thomas Gano, an legal professional from West Palm Seashore who was assigned to evaluate the digital proof.
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A case administration listening to for Gardner and Fernandez was scheduled for March 28 at 9:30 a.m.
Jury choice within the murder-for-hire case trial is scheduled for Oct. 20.
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