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Tim Prudente

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Tim Prudente is an enterprise reporter for The Baltimore Banner. His job is to find and tell great stories, wherever that may lead. He previously worked six years at The Baltimore Sun, covering state courts, criminal justice issues and city schools. He’s worked at local newspapers in Maryland and Pennsylvania. He was born in Baltimore.

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Gale force winds blow massive military cargo ship off moorings in South Baltimore
Gale force winds blew a 950-foot U.S. Navy cargo ship off its moorings in South Baltimore on Monday afternoon.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2025 - Gale force winds blew the USNS Charlton, a 950-foot military cargo ship, off its moorings in South Baltimore on Monday afternoon.
Attorney questions account of Glen Burnie ICE shooting as new details emerge
Questions surround the violent confrontation on Christmas Eve in a neighborhood court in Glen Burnie.
Two people were taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after a federal immigration agent shot someone in Glen Burnie, officials said.
Under Armour’s Kevin Plank built an empire. Now Rome is burning.
After years of regularly being profitable, Under Armour lost $200 million last year and is expected to operate at a loss, though a smaller one, this fiscal year, too.
Recent Hampden fires called electrical accidents
Investigators determined the early morning fire that gutted Falkenhan’s Hardware store in Hampden, as well as one weeks earlier at "The Castle," were caused by electrical accidents.
Baltimore City Fire Department crews mop up after the blaze at Falkenhan’s Hardware on Monday.
Exotic cats captured in Baltimore were comfort pets of pro football player
Former professional football player Brandon Haw’s two African serval cats caused a stir Friday when they escaped into the streets of West Baltimore.
On their Friday morning walk in Reservoir Hill, Zach Cusson and his dog, Freddie, noticed a serval roaming the city streets.
Baltimore transportation worker Gregory Turnipseed fatally beaten over parking dispute
A 49-year-old Northeast Baltimore woman has been arrested and charged with fatally beating a city traffic worker last month over a downtown parking dispute allegedly started by a 15-year-old passenger in her car.
Cars drive past the 500 block of St. Paul St. on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, where a 49-year-old woman from Northeast Baltimore was arrested last month and charged with fatally beating a city traffic worker during an argument over a parking spot.
No bomb bursting in air: Cannonball dug up at Fort McHenry was corroded dud
After the arrival of a bomb squad and other precautions, there was no explosion. The historic ordnance was found to be an inert and fully corroded cannonball.
A flag with 15 stars and 15 stripes flies over Fort McHenry.
They seem big and scary, but Baltimore’s in love with these vintage stoves
The Baltimore area remains a hot spot for the Chambers stove, an old appliance that has a modern cult following.
“It’s like an old Mercedes,” Dr. Christina Enzmann says of her Chambers stove. “It’s not going to have a digital display, but it’s a great machine.”
Catfished, literally. Scammers net nearly $100K in Chesapeake seafood.
When an order came into Tilghman Island Seafood for almost $100,000 of Chesapeake catfish, everything seemed legit — at least at first. Then the fish disappeared in the Bronx.
A Blue Catfish is measured during the Annual Nanticoke River Invasive Fishing Derby Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Sharptown.
After epic Hampden fire, Baltimore designer had moments to save irreplaceable gowns
A three-alarm fire engulfed the top of a historic former police station known as “The Castle” in Hampden and wrecked the treasured bridal studio of Jill Andrews.
Jewell Gideon, left, comforts her mother, Jill Andrews, right, as they inspect the damage to Andrews’ bridal shop after a large fire earlier this week.
Asian crabmeat will keep flowing into U.S. under deal with Baltimore’s Phillips Foods
Phillips Foods Inc. and other Maryland seafood companies had faced the prospect that they would no longer be allowed to import millions of pounds of crabmeat from Southeast Asia.
Brice Phillips, one of the family owners of Phillips Foods, holds examples of frozen crab cakes and pasteurized crab at the company’s corporate headquarters in Halethorpe.
Richard Swirnow was the visionary behind South Baltimore’s posh waterfront living
Richard Swirnow transformed a derelict shipyard into some of Baltimore’s most exclusive real estate.
Richard Swirnow.
Why Jane Austen superfans pick Baltimore as their ballroom in novelist’s 250th year
By chance, a little college in Towson has come to hold the largest Jane Austen collection in the world outside of England.
Members of the Jane Austen Society dance at a ball held during the 250th birthday celebration for Austen at the Baltimore Marriot Waterfront earlier this month.
A foreign seafood ban could wipe crab cakes off the menu
New federal regulations threaten to cut off a majority of the supply of foreign crabmeat to the U.S.
A guest migrant worker from Hidalgo, Mexico makes sure crab meat is clean before packaging it, Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Fishing Creek, Md. Hundreds of Mexican and Central American guest workers are in the U.S. working in the fields, picking crabs or mowing lawns, among many other jobs. This year, they are doing it in the midst of a pandemic, and while some work with masks and gloves, others say they are put in buses constantly and are given no guidance on how to protect themselves.
Severn River fantasy island sells for $2.8 million ahead of auction
The 1920s estate occupies about half of the island in the middle of Round Bay, just off the shores of Crownsville in Anne Arundel County.
The nearly 7-acre property at St. Helena Island comes with a 7,100-square foot mansion, guest cottage, water tower-turned-office, and pier for access.
Former Naval Academy midshipman threatened ‘mass execution,’ feds say
“Honestly not that surprised I’ll be carrying out the mass execution of my peers in a couple,” Jackson Elliot Fleming wrote from his home in Chesterton, Indiana, according to federal prosecutors.
U.S. Navy Security officers attend Gate 1 at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis on Sept. 11 as the academy went on lockdown following reports of a shooter on campus.
St. Helena, a fantasy island in the Severn River, heads to auction
The only habitable island in the Severn River has a colorful and even illicit history.
The nearly 7-acre property at St. Helena Island comes with a 7,100-square foot mansion, guest cottage, water tower-turned-office, and pier for access.
North Baltimore court celebrates its mail carrier for saving one of the neighbors
Mail carrier Winni Thompson recognized something was wrong last week with a 91-year-old on her route in North Baltimore.
USPS mail carrier Winni Thompson is honored with a plaque from residents of North Baltimore’s Village of Cross Keys on Friday.
Howard County planners reject Sheetz development on historic pet cemetery
Howard County’s planning board voted Thursday night to reject gas pumps and a Sheetz convenience store on historic Rosa Bonheur pet cemetery in Elkridge.
A mockingbird sits on the statue of St. Francis of Assisi at the Rosa Bonheur Memorial Park, a pet cemetery in Elkridge established in 1935.
Ex-midshipman charged with threat following Naval Academy active shooter scare
The threat against the Naval Academy last week set off panic and confusion and resulted in a midshipman being shot and wounded in a case of mistaken identity.
U.S. Navy Security officers speak with a driver entering Gate 1 at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis on Thursday.
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