MAN ARRESTED IN RAID SAYS AUTHORITIES ARE HARASSING HIM

Larry Anderson, out on bail on drug accusations, claims officials are
trying to push him off his property to build a health clinic

Larry Anderson, owner of a North Portland house and motorcycle shop raided
by narcotics detectives last week, vowed Monday to fight the drug and child
neglect accusations he faces, claiming police are harassing him.

Anderson, 50, contends law enforcement is trying to push him from the
property, which Multnomah County has been coveting for several years as a
site for a new health clinic.

"This is part of the leverage they use to negotiate," Anderson said shortly
before his arraignment Monday on accusations he was in possession of
methamphetamine and explosives. "They want my property."

Anderson is free on bail. A grand jury will hear the case Oct. 12.

Portland police on Monday defended their actions. Multnomah County
officials Monday called Anderson's claim fallacious.

"That is completely erroneous. We have nothing to do with the operation of
the Portland Police Bureau. I can't refute that strongly enough," said
Eddie Campbell, a spokesman for Beverly Stein, chairwoman of the Multnomah
County Board of Commissioners.

Friday's police raid revived memories of a 1979 police drug-bust-gone-bad
at Anderson's property that ended with the fatal shooting of a Portland
police officer, and the resignations of three narcotics detectives who lied
to obtain their search warrant. During that raid 19 years ago, Anderson
owned the property, but did not live on the site.

"That was a different time. This is a different case," said Officer Henry
Groepper, a Portland Police Bureau spokesman.

Portland narcotics detectives obtained a warrant to search Anderson's home
at 9014 N. Lombard St. on Friday based on a prior methamphetamine buy that
a confidential informant made at the home. Anderson said his house is an
eight-room boarding home.

Shortly after noon, two Portland police officers posing as construction
workers caught Anderson's attention. Anderson stepped outside his house to
talk to the two men, who were wearing hard hats and appeared to be doing
work on the sidewalk. After chatting for a few moments, the two men
identified themselves as Portland police and took Anderson into custody.

Anderson yelled to his wife, who was by the front door of the house, to
call his lawyer. She ran inside and boarded up the door behind her,
Anderson said. Teams of Portland police, assisted by Washington County SWAT
team, entered the house and adjacent motorcycle shop, and fatally shot
Anderson's four Rottweilers, police and witnesses said.

Police described the animals as attack dogs. Anderson said they were a mama
and three pups.

Police said they found a small amount of drugs, several explosive devices
and numerous guns inside the home and shop but have not identified exactly
what was confiscated. A police report was not available Monday, said
Detective Sgt. Cheryl Kanzler, a bureau spokeswoman.

Checked-by: Joel W. Johnson