Jared Bridegan’s widow secured a legal victory as her attorney confirmed that a stay protecting her from turning over her cellphone remains in effect — and the murder trial of the woman charged in her husband’s death has been pushed back to May 3, 2027.

Two of the four charges against Mario Fernandez have been dropped, prosecutors announced during Monday’s final hearing before the start of the first of three trials in the high-profile Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case.

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

News4JAX is digging deeper into a dramatic twist in a murder case that has captivated the community for years.

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 Jacksonville Beach Police Department on Monday announced an increased reward of $13,000 from First Coast Crime Stoppers for information leading to an arrest in the deadly shooting of a 33-year-old father of four children.