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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.

The latest from Tim Prudente

Pet cemetery’s mystery owner may swap graves for gas pumps
Development plans reveal the owner wants to put a gas station and convenience store on the famous little Maryland cemetery.
Rosa Bonheur Memorial Park, a pet cemetery in Elkridge established in 1935, occupies a little over 11 acres along Route 1.
Dream promotion ends with a DOGE layoff for Baltimore federal worker
Democrats are inviting laid-off federal workers like Katie Stahl to the Capitol on Tuesday to call attention to what they say have been indiscriminate job cuts.
Katie Stahl had recently received a promotion at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but then was laid off as the Trump administration slashed government spending.
Pet owner cited for ‘dangerous dogs’ before fatal mauling in West Baltimore last summer
A month before the attack, animal control had deemed the two dogs dangerous and ordered the owner to keep them muzzled and securely fenced in.
Two stray pit bull terriers were roaming North Pulaski Street in West Baltimore around 9 p.m. on June 14, 2024 when they attacked three people. A 54-year-old woman died at the scene, according to police.
Adnan Syed waits to learn his fate in his fight for freedom after high-stakes hearing
Baltimore Circuit Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer said she will issue a written opinion on Syed’s motion for a reduction of his sentence under the Juvenile Restoration Act.
Adnan Syed, center, arrives at the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse on Wednesday for a hearing to reduce his murder sentence under the Juvenile Restoration Act.
Kevin Spacey’s luxurious former home in Baltimore is up for sale. Peek inside.
The luxury home, which the actor lost in foreclosure, goes up for sale today. The Banner got a peek inside.
Kevin Spacey used to live in this 9,000-square-foot Inner Harbor pier home.
Members of cult-like Zizian group to remain jailed in Maryland
The Zizians are a dangerous, extremist group, Allegany County State’s Attorney James Elliott told the judge.
From left, Michelle Zajko, Jack ‘Ziz’ LaSota, and Daniel Blank in booking photos provided by the Allegany County Sheriff's Office.
Newly disclosed FBI files reveal investigations of late Orioles owner Peter Angelos
The declassified files show for the first time that the FBI twice investigated Peter Angelos during his life.
2PBRFWA Peter G. Angelos, center, owner of the Baltimore Orioles, talks with members of the media at Ft. Lauderdale Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. before his team's spring training baseball game against the Boston Red Sox Sunday, March 18, 2007.
Demolition heads for historic distillery of Maryland whiskey. And they’re worried.
Before Kentucky had bourbon, Maryland had rye whiskey. A historic distillery is in the path of the wrecking ball.
The international foods corporation Kerry Group, which bought Fleischmann’s Vinegar in the U.S., is demolishing the historic plant in North Baltimore.
What to know about Maryland Supreme Court’s sweeping ruling for sex abuse lawsuits
The Supreme Court’s ruling has implications for churches, schools and government agencies across Maryland.
David Lorenz, center, who leads the Maryland chapter of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, joins others in a 2022 press conference outside the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops gathering in Baltimore.
Maryland Supreme Court finds Child Victims Act of 2023 constitutional
The law went into effect on Oct. 1, 2023, and eliminated time limits for people to file lawsuits over child sexual abuse and made it easier for them to sue institutions that facilitated their victimization.
The Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building in Annapolis, which houses the Maryland Supreme Court.
Inside the Baltimore communities that backed Trump’s return to the White House
A pattern that played out nationally also held in Maryland. Trump performed better in almost all of its 23 counties and Baltimore than he did four years earlier.
A man crosses the street on S. Highland Ave. in Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday, January 14, 2025.
Joseph Cassilly, paralyzed in Vietnam, rose to become Harford’s longest-serving state’s attorney
The longest-serving state’s attorney in Harford County history died at his home Friday morning of cardiac arrest.
WASHINGTON - JULY 07:  National District Attorneys Association President Joseph Cassilly (seated) voices his support for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor during a news conference with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (L) and other leaders from several law enforcement groups  on Capitol Hill July 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. The law enforcement groups, including the Fraternal Order of Police, announced their support of Sotomayor, citing her criminal justice record on the bench and as a prosecutor.
Polar vortex forces Baltimore to cancel MLK Day parade: ‘Necessary decision’
Officials canceled the parade because of the freezing temperatures expected to blast the Baltimore area.
Marchers hold a sign showing their solidarity against hate at Baltimore's MLK Day parade on Jan. 16, 2023.
Gaza ceasefire brings Baltimore area hope for lasting peace — and an end to a haunting memorial
The 15-month-long war has brought anguish to Jewish and Palestinian families across Baltimore, and a haunting public memorial has forced the area to confront the faraway conflict.
Front yard of Azi Rosenblum in Mt. Washington, Monday, January 13, 2025.
Who braves the snowstorm? The bartender and a postal carrier
In Woodberry, the families hunkered down inside. Yet the lights shone from one stalwart, neighborhood institution.
Dakota Baeta has been on the mail route in Woodberry since April and he was enjoying his first snowstorm on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Think your BGE bill is high? Rates are rising
Maryland’s BGE customers will see even higher bills in January as rates rise for gas and electricity.
Gabrielle Elkaim and her partner, Pablo Castillo, took steps to weather seal their Baltimore home and bring down their rising BGE winter bills.
Key Bridge rebuild gets a start date
There’s a start date now for the four-year, $2-billion project to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
A Chesapeake Bay skipjack sails near the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Work will begin next month to rebuild the bridge.
Quaint Pennsylvania burg becomes stage for clash about politics, justice with Luigi Mangione case
Law enforcement officials were bracing for crowds of reporters, protesters and onlookers ay Luigi Mangione's hearing Thursday in Hollidaysburg.
People carry signs as they line up for a seat to get into the Blair County court house before Luigi Mangione’s appearance in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on December 19, 2024.
Celebrated with memes and merch, Luigi Mangione embraced by internet after arrest
Luigi Mangione, who has been charged with murder in health care CEO Brian Thompson's fatal shooting, has emerged as a cause célèbre for anti-capitalists and those frustrated by the U.S. health care system.
Luigi Mangione is escorted by police to his arraignment at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pa., Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. The 26-year-old Maryland native was  arrested in Altoona, Pa., on gun charges and for questioning in connection with last week's killing of a health insurance executive in Midtown Manhattan that prompted a manhunt up and down the East Coast, the New York Police Department said.
Who is Luigi Mangione? Scion of Baltimore family charged in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
Police apprehended the man after receiving a tip that he had been spotted at a McDonald’s near Altoona, Pennsylvania.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 04: Police gather outside of a Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan where United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on December 04, 2024 in New York City. Brian Thompson was shot and killed before 7:00 AM this morning outside the Hilton Hotel, just before he was set to attend the company's annual investors' meeting.
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