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A Tale of Two Criminals PDF Print E-mail
Written by Daniel White   
Saturday, 01 October 2005

Two recent stories highlight the need to ready and able to protect yourself, even in the relative safety of your own home.

The first story is regarding the recent court proceedings stemming from a case begun in January when a young woman attending Kent State University was gunned down in her home when a violent fugitive who had just killed two other people randomly choser her condo to make his last stand.
"Sarah screams, `I've been shot, I've been shot,''' [prosecutor Victor] Vigluicci said of the 911 cellphone call that captured the final, frantic moments of Sarah Positano's life.

"You hear Sarah gasp, you hear her last breaths. The call continues, but it is silent."
The shooter went to trial yesterday. Sarah's family buried a young lady with a bright future.


The second story had quite a different ending, as the homeowner was armed and prepared.

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Sarah Positano dies tragically in her own home, unable to protect herself when confronted by a murderous thug bent on destruction.

Fred Taylor, on the other hand, was involved in an incident with a quite different ending.
The incident began in the early morning hours of Sept. 18 when Taylor heard someone outside of his Walnut Street home in Macon.

A few minutes later, Taylor said, the intruder broke a window and climbed inside. With the burglar alarm blaring, Taylor's girlfriend was upstairs frantically talking to a 911 dispatcher.

"I'm thinking to myself, if the alarm has not deterred this guy, something is going on," said Taylor, a 21-year-old Mercer University law student. "In my mind, I'm thinking he is going to do us some harm."

The incident ended with Taylor fatally shooting Edward Anderson, 42, police said.

Taylor, a 21-year-old Mercer University law student, was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Bibb County district attorney.
District Attorney Howard Simms said Wednesday that Taylor, of Suffolk, Va., will not be charged.

Simms said the case is "crystal clear" and that Taylor did nothing wrong.

Simms said that under Georgia law, people have the right to defend their homes with force if they know the intruder broke into the home and isn't a family member.

We couldn't agree more.