Man Behind Barricade Called ‘Troubled’ : Standoff: Man who was arrested Sunday in Anaheim was on parole for a burglary conviction and has a long criminal record, authorities said.

A heavily armed man who fired on police and held negotiators at bay outside an apartment for 19 hours over the weekend was described Monday as a transient with a criminal record.

Brian Raymond Main, 27, was arrested Sunday evening after a bloodless but tense standoff with police in an apartment complex on South Rio Vista Street. Main, on parole from a burglary conviction, forced a man out of his apartment late Saturday night and then barricaded himself inside, police said. The apartment--coincidentally, they said--contained a cache of ammunition, handguns and a rifle.

Main talked with police negotiators on the telephone for only two minutes and fired several times at officers, authorities said. In an effort to force him out of the apartment, police lobbed several canisters of tear gas into the apartment, but to no avail.

He was arrested quietly about 5 p.m. after officers found him asleep in the apartment, authorities said. He was taken to a local hospital, where it was found he had taken Valium, police said, which was apparently what caused him to sleep soundly. “I’d say his parole adjustment was marginal at best,” said Michael Aros, a state parole agent and spokesman. “He’s not a saint by any means. He’s a very troubled individual.”

A transient who frequented the Huntington Beach area, Main has been in and out of state prison three times since 1987 and has used the names Hivan Comrade Vonsieinhof and Brian Ray Main, county court records show.

Over the past five years, Main has been arrested in Huntington Beach and Garden Grove for crimes including grand theft auto, assault with a deadly weapon and burglary, according to the state Department of Corrections in Sacramento.

In October, Main was released from prison and placed on parole with special conditions, Aros said. For example, Main was not allowed to associate with skinheads in the county because of troubles with such gang members, Aros said.

Main, who has no family in the area, entered a halfway house in Garden Grove, Aros said.

Between December and February, “he seemed to be doing OK,” Aros said. Main was cooperative and reporting regularly, he said.

But then Main dropped out of sight and only reported back to his parole agent March 16. He was not seen again until Saturday night, when some residents of the Anaheim apartment complex called police about a man who appeared to be prowling around cars and homes in the neighborhood.

Police continued their investigation into Main’s activity Monday and planned to file their case with the district attorney’s office today, said Lt. Vince Howard.