A Bed-Stuy preacher driving without a license on Sunday fatally mowed down an 88-year-old woman and fled the scene, cops say, according to the New York Post.
Wayne Stokeling, 50, pastor of St. John’s Baptist Church, was driving south on Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brownsville when his car struck Isabel Rodriguez in the crosswalk at around 8:45 p.m., says the Post.
Stokeling was apprehended three blocks away, when cops found evidence of cratches from Rodriguez’s cane on Stokeling’s BMW, according to the article.
The pastor was held in lieu of a $200,000 bond, cops said.
