Repeating a request she made unsuccessfully last year, Heather E. Cook has asked to be granted home detention for the remainder of the sentence she is serving for the 2014 hit-and-run crash that killed a Baltimore bicyclist.
The former Episcopal Bishop’s request drew immediate “vigorous” condemnation from Alisa Rock, the sister-in-law of Tom Palermo, the 41-year-old software engineer who Cook killed when her car plowed into him on a North Baltimore bike lane.
“Heather Cook has had a lifetime of avoiding consequences for her actions,” Rock said, noting that a Circuit Court judge recently rejected Cook’s request for a sentence reduction that would have meant almost immediate release.
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