MAN CAUGHT IN N. PORTLAND RAID FACES CHARGES

Larry Anderson's Attorney Says His Client Will Plead Not Guilty To Counts
Involving Drugs And Destructive Devices

Court records show that Portland police seized two baggies with a small
amount of methamphetamine and marijuana, 17 guns, two cannons, two grenades
and two police vests during a raid on a North Portland property that
involved the shooting of four dogs.

The Oct. 2 search of Larry Andersons home at 9014 N. Lombard St. and his
adjacent motorcycle-parts shop led to a grand jury indictment this week.

Anderson, 50, is expected to plead not guilty Monday to possession of a
controlled substance, child neglect, four counts of unlawful manufacture of
a destructive device and four counts of possession of a destructive device,
his attorney, Zack Lorts, said Tuesday.

"We're going to vigorously defend the case, and he denies the charges,"
Lorts said.

The grand jury did not indict Anderson on charges of selling
methamphetamine, which police alleged when he was first taken into custody.

Search warrant records filed Tuesday in Multnomah County Circuit Court show
police confiscated a small amount of methamphetamine and marijuana from the
office of Andersons motorcycle parts shop. They found one baggie containing
methamphetamine on the office floor in his shop and another baggie
containing marijuana in a file cabinet drawer.

Police also seized a Tupperware container holding a "white crystalline
substance" and a "glass pipe with residue" located in the shop office, the
documents show.

Also confiscated from the office were two homemade hand grenades, two
carbide cannons and eight books on guns, booby traps, explosives and
demolitions, and motorcycle gangs, court records show. A couple of scales,
numerous baggies and various chemicals, including ammonium nitrate and
potassium chlorate, were also taken from the shop.

Most of the guns, including one shotgun and several rifles, were seized
from the shop. Anderson has described himself as a gun collector and said
the cannons are like toys. He said he set off one of his black powder
cannons outside his home last Veterans Day, which drew dozens of police
officers to his home.

Portland narcotics detectives, assisted by the police Special Emergency
Reaction Team and the Washington County sheriff's SWAT Team, surrounded the
house and motorcycle shop shortly after noon Oct. 2.

Anderson was taken into custody outside his home, but police forced their
way into the house and business when Andersons wife attempted to block
them, police and witnesses said. Police shot and killed Andersons four
Rottweilers, which police described as attack dogs, as they burst into the
house and shop.

Anderson thinks law enforcement officials are trying to push him from the
property, which Multnomah County has wanted for several years for a new
health clinic. Anderson owns the one parcel of land that is holding up the
clinics construction.

Checked-by: Richard Lake