BALTIMORE (MD)
WJLA
BALTIMORE (AP) – Baltimore’s top prosecutor says an Episcopal church bishop will be charged with vehicular manslaughter, drunken driving and other counts in a hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist.
Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby says the charges will be filed Friday and an arrest warrant will be issued for Bishop Suffragan Heather Cook, the second-highest leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland.
Mosby says Cook’s blood-alcohol level was at .22 after the crash, nearly triple Maryland’s legal limit for driving.
Cook’s vehicle hit 41-year-old bicyclist Tom Palermo on a sunny Saturday afternoon two weeks ago. Palermo, a father of two, died of head injuries.
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