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Maureen Mengelt

Aug 1, 2014

Ex-bishop gets 10 years in fatal crash

A former Lutheran bishop was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for driving drunk and killing a Wisconsin jogger.

May 13, 2014

Former bishop pleads guilty to homicide in crash (UPDATE)

A former Lutheran bishop pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing a jogger in a drunken crash, under a deal with prosecutors that could send him to prison for up to 15 years.

Oct 22, 2013

Bishop’s lawyer: Implied consent unconstitutional

A Dane County judge has refused to throw out the blood alcohol test of former bishop charged in a fatal hit-and-run crash.

Apr 11, 2013

Bishop charged in crash that killed runner

A witness told police that a Lutheran bishop accused of driving drunk when he struck and killed a runner in Sun Prairie on Sunday never braked after the crash and appeared to be trying to flee the scene, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.

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