MARYLAND
Washington Post
By Annys Shin January 9
A Maryland Episcopal bishop has been charged with manslaughter, driving under the influence, and texting while driving in connection with a Dec. 27 crash that killed a cyclist.
Baltimore County State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby Friday announced the charges against Heather Elizabeth Cook, the No. 2 and first female bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland.
Cook initially left the scene of the 2:30 pm accident, despite having a heavily damaged windshield, but returned later. The victim, Thomas Palermo, was a Johns Hopkins Hospital software engineer, with a wife and two small children.
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