<p>Raymond Luc Levasseur, who has served 18 years in federal prison for a series of terror bombings during the 1970s and 80s, will be released from an Atlanta facility to a halfway house in Portland, police said.</p><p>Chief Michael Chitwood expressed outrage that Levasseur, 57, was being freed after serving less than half his 45-year sentence but said there is nothing he can do about it other than warn residents that "a bad guy" will be in their midst.</p><p>"The thing that I'm outraged about is why this guy, who is a domestic terrorist, is being released," Chitwood said Thursday, vowing that officers will maintain a close watch on him.</p><p>A self-styled revolutionary once listed among the FBI's most wanted, Levasseur was a member of a group of radicals who were linked to the bombings of 19 buildings and 10 bank robberies. The targeted buildings included Central Maine Power headquarters in Augusta and the Suffolk County Courthouse in Boston, where 22 people were injured in the blast.</p><p>Levasseur, a Sanford native and Vietnam veteran, was arrested in Cleveland in 1984 after fellow radical Thomas Manning shot and killed New Jersey state trooper Philip Lamonaco. Levasseur and other members of the Ohio Seven were tried and convicted on bombing charges in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1986.</p><p>Chitwood said Levasseur, who was being released as early as Friday in Atlanta, expressed a preference to return to Maine. He is scheduled to remain at the Pharos House shelter on Grant Street until November, when he will be free to live wherever he chooses, the chief said.</p><p>"Am I concerned? Absolutely," Chitwood said. "This guy has been in prison for 18 years for extremely violent criminal conduct. This guy is truly a revolutionary. They don't like cops. I'm concerned."</p><p>Levasseur was known as the intellectual leader of the group that was opposed to racism and corporate capitalism and has a reputation of avoiding bloodshed. In the bombings he was convicted of, a warning was always issued, and no one was injured.</p><p>In 1989, Levasseur was acquitted of attempting to overthrow the government under little-used sedition laws. He defended himself against a $50 million prosecution in a trial that took 10 months to complete. The same jury could not reach a verdict on charges of racketeering, and a mistrial was declared.</p><p>Manning was convicted of felony murder for the Lamonaco killing and was sentenced to 80 years in prison, in addition to 53 years for a separate bombing conviction.</p><p>Because he was convicted before sentencing laws changed in 1987, Levasseur is eligible for parole, which means he can serve part of his sentence outside of prison if he meets certain conditions.</p><p>"Mr. Levasseur will be under strict supervision. He can stay in the community as long as he remains a law abiding citizen," said Claire Cooper, chief of the Maine office of federal Probation and Parole.</p><p>Chitwood quoted federal parole officials as saying that Levasseur would move from Pharos House to a West End apartment with his second wife, Jamila Levy Levasseur.</p><p>Chitwood said federal officials should have consulted with the city before resettling someone with Levasseur's history.</p><p>"I would have objected," he said. "I don't want him in the city of Portland. He hasn't shown that he is rehabilitated."</p>
