POLICE RAID TWO EUGENE HOMES

Search warrants in hand, Eugene SWAT officers descended on two
neighbors' homes in west Eugene on Monday morning and confiscated
drugs, cash and 14 weapons - including six firearms that were loaded
and chambered.

The raids, on the 2300 block of Laurelhurst Drive near Barger Drive,
surprised neighbors awakened by the boom of two "flash-bang" devices
about 7 a.m.

At one home, police arrested William David Goodright, 51, and his son,
William Richard Goodright, 18.

The elder Goodright was charged with four counts of possessing a
controlled substance, two counts of manufacturing or delivering a
controlled substance, and one count of delivering a controlled
substance to a juvenile.

The younger Goodright, a student at Willamette High School, was
charged with one count of possessing a controlled substance and one
count of manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance.

A resident of the second house was transported and questioned by
police but then released.

Police would not identify him or say why he was not
charged.

But Eddie Collins, who lives in the second home, confirmed that police
detained and questioned him before releasing him without arrest.

"They didn't find what they wanted, so I'm here now," Collins
said.

Collins was profiled in a Register-Guard feature story in November
about the 1969 GMC school bus that he's converted into a
"party-mobile" for fans of rock musician Sammy Hagar.

A black sports car with license plate RED RKR - an abbreviation for
Red Rocker, Hagar's nickname - is parked in Collins' driveway.

Between the two homes, police said they found four pounds of
marijuana, a pound of mushrooms, small amounts of cocaine and
methamphetamine, and about $6,000 in cash.

They also confiscated at least three assault rifles, two shotguns and
several handguns, police spokeswoman Pam Alejandre said.

Seven weapons were removed from each home, Alejandre
said.

Each house had at least one weapon that was loaded and chambered,
Alejandre said.

One loaded weapon was found beneath a bed, she said.

Katie Goodright, 16, who lives with her father and brother, said she
didn't spend the night at her own house and arrived Wednesday morning
to find her house filled with police.

"I knew right away" why they were there, she said, alleging that her
father and brother have dealt drugs.

"I feel sorry for them, but I hope this will maybe teach them a
lesson. I hope they don't do it again," Goodright said.

She said she watched police confiscate guns, knives, a bong, and
baggies of marijuana and cocaine from the house.

Sgt. Tom Eichhorn said the raids are part of an ongoing in-
vestigation.

One neighbor, who declined to give her name, said she felt scared and
then angry about the SWAT team's actions, which struck her as excessive.

The neighbor said she felt less angry after learning that guns were
confiscated from the two homes.

Two "flash bang" devices, intended to distract a possibly armed
suspect, were deployed at the Goodright home.

Eichhorn defended their use.

"We had information suggesting there were weapons in the house," he
said. "The safety of our officers is paramount, so we take whatever
measures we can going in."

A common fence borders Collins' and Goodright's homes, with the
Goodright residence on a cul-de-sac.

A different home in the same cul-de-sac was the target of two drive-by
shootings in August and September 1999, but there is no apparent
connection between those shootings and Wednesday's arrests, police
said.

Another resident on the cul-de-sac, Reed Breckinridge, said Goodright
seemed friendly and that she was surprised and a little unsettled by
the morning's events.

"It's not the ritziest neighborhood, but it was always a quiet
neighborhood," she said. "It's not every day you have a SWAT team show
up."