MARYLAND
The Baltimore Sun
By Justin Fenton
The Baltimore Sun
The Episcopal bishop accused of killing a cyclist while drunk and texting was to be released Thursday from Central Booking after posting $2.5 million bail — an amount her attorney said earlier this week she would not be able to meet.
Court records show Bishop Heather Elizabeth Cook posted the bail Thursday through a bondsman with Fred Frank Bail Bonds.
Her attorney, David Irwin, said Cook was headed to an inpatient treatment facility and as a condition of her release was not permitted to drive. He declined to comment on how she was able to post the bail.
Cook was charged last week with manslaughter and related charges related to the Dec. 27 crash that killed Thomas Palermo on Roland Avenue. Authorities said Cook left the scene of the crash before returning about 30 minutes later. A breath test showed a blood-alcohol level of .22, police said.
At Cook’s bail review Monday, Assistant State’s Attorney Kurt Bjorklund asked District Court Judge Nicole Pastore Klein to revoke bail, while one of Cook’s defense attorneys, Jose A. Molina, asked that it be lowered to $500,000.
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