Larry Northern

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Larry Northern in an August 2005 mugshot.

Larry Northern (born circa 1946) is a Republican realtor and gun enthusiast from Waco, Texas. In August 2005 Northern was arrested and charged with criminal mischief after he drove his pickup truck through the Arlington West display of memorial crosses (each bearing the name of an American soldier killed in Iraq) that had been set up at "Camp Casey," the protest site organized by peace activist Cindy Sheehan near the ranch of President George W. Bush near Crawford, Texas. Northern's truck, which was dragging chains and a large pipe at the time of the vandalism, damaged several hundred of the crosses, but no one was injured.

On January 17, 2001 the Baylor Lariat quoted Northern as saying, "There is a county ordinance that has recently been passed to keep traffic off the road near [the president's] ranch." [1]

Arresting Officer Lynch confirmed Tuesday that he and Northern both attend the Columbus Avenue Baptist Church in Waco.

"I am not going to talk about it," Lynch said. "I know his family. This is sad for his family."

Precinct 4 McLennan County Commissioner Ray Meadows defeated Northern in the 1986 Republican primary but said Northern recently played at a golf tournament held to raise money for Meadows' latest re-election bid.