India, Aug. 27 -- A jury has found Mario Fernandez Saldana guilty of first-degree murder and solicitation to commit a capital felony in the shooting death of St. Augustine father of four Jared Bridegan in Jacksonville Beach. Fernandez Saldana is the first of the three defendants in the case to stand trial, First Coast News reported.

Fernandez Saldana, 38, is accused of helping orchestrate the murder of the Microsoft manager. Prosecutors said that Bridegan, 33, was ambushed on a Florida road and shot execution-style.

Bridegan was killed in Jacksonville Beach in February 2022 while returning home from dropping off his twins at his ex-wife's home, according to prosecutors. He was shot dead after getting out of his vehicle to move a tire th...