Wednesday, October 10, 2018

The Heather Cook case: a timeline

From Baltimore-


Following are key dates in the case of Heather Cook, the former Episcopal bishop now serving a prison term for fatally striking bicyclist Tom Palermo with her car while driving drunk and texting. She has applied for a two-year reduction in her sentence.
2010 — Cook is arrested, pleads guilty to a drunken-driving charge in Caroline County
May 2, 2014 — Cook is narrowly elected as bishop suffragan of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland
Sept. 6, 2014 — Cook is consecrated as first female bishop in Maryland diocese history
Dec. 27, 2014 — Cook fatally strikes bicyclist Tom Palermo while driving drunk and texting in North Baltimore.
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