Florida executes prisoner who admitted killing cellmate to get death sentence: authorities Florida executed a prisoner who said he killed his cellmate to get a death sentence, carrying out the punishment nearly 20 years after the murder. Florida executed a prisoner who said he killed his cellmate to get a death sentence, carrying out the punishment nearly 20 years after the murder, according to authorities. The Florida Department of Corrections said James Robertson, 63, was pronounced dead on Tuesday at 12:32 p.m. after receiving a three-drug lethal injection at Florida State Prison. Christa Pike survived an execution attempt Robertson pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2008 death of Frank Hart, his cellmate at Charlotte Correctional Institution. Authorities said Robertson killed Hart by strangling him with a garrote fashioned from knotted socks while Hart slept.Robertson later told investigators he killed Hart because he wanted to be sentenced to death rather than remain incarcerated. It came after Gov. Ron DeSantis withdrew the death warrant for another Florida death row inmate, William Lee Thompson, who had been scheduled to die later the same day.Penn State announced Monday that they have received the final reccomendations for the closureOn Friday, the PA Game Commission and the Harrisburg Police Department raided a house in the 1000 block of Ione Street where around 650 birds were being hoardedA fire devastated a home in Cumberland County Monday evening. Dispatch confirmed the blaze broke out around 8 p.m. in the 100 block of Park Place in Lower AllenPennsylvania State Police in Chambersburg is investigating a reported theft by fraud that took nearly $20,000 from a Shippensburg woman.Police in York County are searching for a man in connection to an alleged armed robbery that happened Friday night. According to Hanover Borough police, around 8