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Airport Rd. Ft. Myers (East of US Post ce in Industrial Field) Our Floors Contain ZERO Emissions are EO ed Sebastian Supports our Veterans! Stop in for Memorial Day Savings! ANorth Naples man authorities say decapitated his girlfriend and stuck her ead on a pole pleaded guilty Friday, the state office said. Christopher Serna, who killed Suzanne Bishop in 2011, was handed down a sentence of 50 years, said Samanthan Syoen, a spokeswoman for the state attorney. saved the family from having to elive the case and hear again what he did to Syoen said.

many yes, this is virtually a life July 26, 2011, deputies found Serna i his apartment covered in blood and unable to speak. Feet away from Serna, deputies saw what appeared to be a head with ametal rod shoved through the bottom. The floor was covered in blood. Inside of abedroom, they found body. Serna, 38, and Bishop, 45 years old at the time of the killing, had been dating for a few months.

According to a previous report, paper- work filed last year showed attorneys were planning to use the insanity defense in the case while asking to have rime scene and autopsy photos barred from evidence due to their graphic na- ure. I took investigators three days to rocess the gruesome crime scene. Bloody items were found in the home including several knives, a Louisville Slugger baseball bat, beer bottles, cigarettes and clothes. At the time of the killing, Serna worked as a maintenance worker at a high-rise condominium in Pelican Bay. o-workers told investigators Serna was acting bizarrely prior to death.

COLLIER COUNTY Man who decapitated girlfriend admits guilt, gets 50-year term MICHAEL BRAUN MELISSA MONTOYA Christopher Serna of North Naples received a sentence of 50 years for killing Suzanne Bishop in 2011. Read previous coverage at Man who shot at Zimmerman faces assault charges LAKE Police in central Florida said arrested a man who shot at George Zimmerman during a confrontation earlier this week. Lake Mary police said in a news release Friday that Matthew App erson has been charged with aggra- ated assault with a deadly weapon, a ggravated battery with a deadly weapon and firing a missile into an ccupied conveyance. Apperson turned himself in Friday evening. attorney has said the former neighborhood watch volunteer had recently moved to another state but came back to the Orlando suburb for Day.

He was driving to a appointment onday when detectives say Apperson intentionally fired his gun into truck without provoca- ion. A attorney has said his client fired in self-defense. Zimmerman suffered minor injuries from flying glass and debris. Man gets life for raping, illing woman AJacksonville man was sentenced to life in prison for raping and killing a woman during a robbery. ADuval County judge sentenced ance Eugene Kirkpatrick, 33, on Friday after a jury recommended against the death penalty.

Jurors had previously convicted Kirkpatrick of murder, rape and robbery. Prosecutors say Kirkpatrick broke into the house of Derrick and Kim orsey in 2012 because he wanted to pay off a drug debt. He had lived with the Dorseys previously and knew where they hid a key. The Florida Times-Union reported that Kirkpatrick beat Kim Dorsey with a pool cue, raped her, tied her up with zip ties and then slit her throat with a knife. irkpatrick testified that the kill- i ng was accidental.

He claimed he ad been having an affair with Kim Dorsey, but she was angry that he ad helped her husband meet women. Woman still jailed over circumcision fight WEST PALM AFlorida woman who fled to avoid the circumcision of her son remained behind ars Friday while her attorney sought arestraining order against the ather to keep the surgery from proc eeding. eather Hironimus, 31, was arrested Thursday and was being held at the Broward County Jail, two months after she ignored a warnings she must appear in court and give her consent for the procedure to avoid imprisonment. Though the arrest stemmed from a ong-running case in state court, a federal judge granted an emergency motion filed Friday by attorney Thomas Hunker, who is representing Hironimus, to hold a hearing on the estraining order. With Hironimus in hiding and her legal options narrowing, Hunker filed a federal civil rights lawsuit last month on behalf of her and her 4-year-old son.

A hearing is scheduled for Monday. Press State briefs.