Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Phillip Sailors, who is charged with murder, was released Wednesday afternoon.
Phillip Sailors, the Lilburn resident accused of shooting and killing a young man who pulled into his driveway, is out of jail after posting bail Wednesday. According to jail records, Sailors bonded out of the Gwinnett County Detention Center at 3:34 p.m. Jan. 30. A judged granted Sailors a $10,000 bond Wednesday afternoon, according to defense attorney Michael Puglise. Sailors, 69, is charged with murder in the death of Rodrigo Diaz, who is identified as a 22-year-old Duluth man in police reports. On Saturday evening, Diaz and three friends pulled into Sailors' driveway on Hillcrest Road in Lilburn. The car's GPS took the friends to the wrong house, according to Diaz's family. Sailors' attorney said that his client thought he and his wife…
The attorney for Phillip Sailors, of Lilburn, said his client thought he was about to be run over when he fired the fatal shot.
Update: Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m.: Slaying Suspect Granted Bond, Released ---------- The attorney of a man charged with murder in Lilburn says his client feared for his life when he fired the fatal shot that killed a 22-year-old Duluth man. Phillip Sailors, 69, later was arrested and charged with murder. Rodrigo Diaz, 22, the victim, died from his injuries at Gwinnett Medical Center. Diaz's family has said that a GPS took them to Sailors' driveway by mistake and that he was shot as he pulled away from the home. As a man who has done Christian missionary work, Sailors is "just not the type of individual that's going around looking to shoot at people without just reason," said Sailors' attorney Michael Puglise. A Vietnam veteran, Sailors had lived …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Phillip Sailors, of Lilburn, is currently being held without bond in the shooting death of 22-year-old Duluth man.
Update: Jan 30, 5:50 a.m.: Attorney: Increased Crime Made Client Wary --------- Lilburn police detectives continue to investigate a Saturday shooting on Hillcrest Road that resulted in the city's first homicide since 2005. In the incident, 22-year-old Rodrigo Diaz, of Duluth, was shot in the driveway of 537 Hillcrest Road in Lilburn. Diaz was transported to Gwinnett Medical Center, where he later died from his injuries. He had been shot in the left side of his head with a .22-caliber revolver, according to police. He was pronounced dead at 6:10 a.m. on Jan. 27, while in the intensive care unit. Homeowner Phillip Sailors, 69, was then arrested Sunday and charged in Diaz's death. He reportedly believed that someone was trying to enter his …
Nathan R
12:06 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013
I have had the pleasure of knowing Mr. Sailors for over 10 years. He drives the bus for my high school and his wife taught me in kindergarten. I will not sit idly by and allow him to be profiled as racist, evil, or garbage; he is none of those. Mr. Sailors has participated in several mission trips to Latin American counties so racism claims should be completely disregarded. He is not evil as he … more ›