DATELINES

Feb 1, 2002 12:00 PM

Los Angeles — A New Orleans man accused of striking a flight attendant and opening an airplane door as the plane taxied toward takeoff at Los Angeles International Airport was charged with interfering with a flight crew. David Murdoch Boone, 36, was arrested after allegedly hitting a Southwest Airlines flight attendant on a plane bound for Las Vegas. The charge carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence. Flight attendant Jennifer Brophy was seated at the back of the plane when Boone started walking toward her. Brophy attempted to stop Boone but he pushed past her and opened one of the rear emergency doors about 12 inches. Two passengers then grabbed Boone as he approached the emergency door across the cabin. The men pinned Boone to the floor and he eventually relented.

Long Beach, Calif. — A man shot and killed his estranged wife and her boyfriend as they danced at their wedding reception, and then turned the gun on himself, police and witnesses said. Poly Kree, 41, and her boyfriend, Vichekka Chit, 44, died after being shot in the head at Lalune restaurant — the same place where Kree had married the assailant, Le Tan Phuc, in December 1999. Several hundred people were at the wedding reception when gunfire erupted shortly before 11 p.m., said Officer David Marander.

Newark, Ohio — After union officials filed an unfair-labor-practice charge against Newark schools, alleging the district hid a microphone in a chapter president's office, district officials unveiled a camera they said the union mistook for a microphone. School officials said a spy camera was used to monitor use of a $168,000 digital copying machine in a print-shop office. It was installed after officials were told employees might be stealing copies or otherwise misusing the copier.

Winter Haven, Fla. — A SunTrust Bank manager was in serious condition after being shot in the face by a robber. The robber and an accomplice escaped with cash to a waiting car, which had been stolen earlier, but they left most or all of the money behind a few blocks away when a reddish-purple dye pack exploded in the getaway car. The branch manager, Martha Villarreal, 36, was in serious condition.

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