Man throws pipe bomb into Portland house in attempt to kill woman, escape drug debt, prosecutors say

Man throws pipe bomb into Portland house in attempt to kill woman, escape drug debt, prosecutors say

A man tried to kill a woman by throwing a pipe bomb into a Southeast Portland home last month, prosecutors say. The man’s alleged motive: to erase a debt for illegal drugs. Travis Parry, 49, told investigators he had recently been released from prison and owed his drug dealer several thousand dollars, according to the probable cause affidavit filed after Parry’s arrest on Sept. 11. The dealer told Parry there was a way he could get out of his de…