Crime & Safety

Governor Signs Execution Warrant for Bucks Man

Robert Flor was convicted of killing Newtown police officer Brian Gregg in 2006.

Gov. Tom Corbett Wednesday signed an execution warrant for Robert Anthony Flor, who was sentenced to death for killing a Bucks County policeman.

According to a release, Flor, formerly of Bedminster, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in October 2006 for the shooting death of Officer Brian Gregg, 46, of the Newtown Borough Police Department. A jury sentenced Flor to death the following month.

On the night of Sept. 29, 2005, police took Flor into custody for suspected drunken driving. Flor grabbed another policeman’s weapon and started shooting, wounding two others and killing Officer Gregg.

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Flor, now 44, is a prisoner at the State Correctional Institution at Greene. His execution by lethal injection is scheduled for Sept. 29.

The warrant is Corbett’s fifth execution warrant.

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