Worker charged with Chinook vandalism

Worker charged with Chinook vandalism
By Maryclaire Dale - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday May 21, 2008 5:58:58 EDT

PHILADELPHIA — An assembly line worker charged with vandalizing a military helicopter at a Boeing plant was upset about a job transfer and cut a bundle of about 70 electrical wires during his last shift on the Chinook line, federal investigators said Tuesday.

Matthew Kevin Montgomery, 33, had worked at the plant near Philadelphia for about 18 months before his arrest Monday, nine days after the H-47 Chinook aircraft was disabled.

Authorities say he is not currently a suspect in a separate act of vandalism on another helicopter at the plant.

Montgomery continued to work at the plant, where he made $19.10 an hour, until meeting with federal investigators Monday, when he allegedly confessed.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry Perkin agreed at a hearing Tuesday to release Montgomery on $25,000 bail and ordered him to live with his parents, undergo a mental health exam, and have no contact with Boeing or its employees.


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