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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 at The Baltimore Sun for six years, 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

Shadowed by fraud allegations, Harborview Marina went from Inner Harbor gem to eyesore
Harborview Marina was once an inviting gem of the South Baltimore waterfront, a place to stroll and sit for drinks on the water. Now it’s a skeleton behind a locked gate.
While owners wait for a court decision, Harborview Marina falls into worse shape, an Inner Harbor eyesore framed by the familiar sights of the Domino Sugar plant and T. Rowe Price headquarters.
Baltimore agency that placed mom and 6 ‘malnourished’ kids in rowhome investigated for fraud
Three workers were fired from the Baltimore housing office that placed a mother and six children in a rowhome later condemned as unsafe.
Baltimore City Hall in Baltimore, Md., on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.
Mayor Scott pledges ‘full wrath’ over failures that left 6 young kids alone in unsafe home
“It’s unacceptable that those children were living in a condition like that,” Mayor Scott said. “Everybody that had an opportunity to do something that did not will feel the full wrath of me in city government.”
Mayor Brandon Scott says he ordered immediate inspections of city-contracted homes for families in crisis following Monday’s discovery of six children living in deplorable conditions in an East Baltimore row-house.
6 kids found partially clothed, malnourished and alone in unsafe Baltimore rowhouse
The children, ages 9, 7, 6, 5, 3 and 1, were found alone in a house in the 2900 block of East Monument Street after officers received reports of child neglect, police said.
The Baltimore Police Department said six children were found alone in an unsafe home on Monday.
Rashod Bateman had fought the cycle of domestic violence. Now he’s accused of it.
This year, before his arrest, the wide receiver and his mother, Shonda Cromer, shared details of their past with The Banner in a series of interviews.
This year, before his arrest, Rashod Bateman and his mother, Shonda Cromer, shared details of their past with The Banner in a series of interviews.
More details emerge in domestic violence case against Ravens’ Rashod Bateman
The mother of Bateman’s daughter said the wide receiver woke her up in the middle of the night, called her a liar and pushed her into the wall, likely causing “one or more” of the bruises on her face, according to police.
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Rashod Bateman during a football game against the New England Patriots in Baltimore last year.
Where’s the owner of a warehouse that collapsed in East Baltimore? Maybe Greece.
The collapsed warehouse recalls a character from the heyday of Baltimore’s red-light district, a manhunt stretching nearly 30 years and the FBI theory that a once-prominent businessman known as “Crazy John” jumped bail with a chunk of money and escaped to a faraway island.
A partial building collapse occurred in East Baltimore, spilling bricks and rubble into the street.
Baltimore hired an accomplished city planner, but we can’t get past his hair
In his first several months in Baltimore, Tim Keane, the new city housing commissioner, has turned heads with his vintage polyester suits and fat kipper ties. He might have stepped out of Studio 54.
In his first several months in Baltimore, Tim Keane, the new city housing commissioner, has turned heads with his fashion.
Her co-worker seemed harmless. The feds say he spied on her for years.
Women at the Baltimore teaching hospital say pharmacist Matthew Bathula secretly accessed intimate photos, emails and camera feeds from their online accounts.
One of the women whose intimate photos were allegedly stolen by a University of Maryland hospital pharmacist. The FBI recovered hundreds of private photos of doctors, nurses and pharmacists who worked at the Baltimore hospital.
Matthew Bathula, University of Maryland hospital pharmacist, indicted in voyeurism case
Federal prosecutors accuse Matthew Bathula, a longtime pharmacist at the University of Maryland hospital in downtown Baltimore, of hacking hospital computers to spy on doctors, nurses and medical students.
Attorney Paulette Pagán, left, and Matthew Bathula, University of Maryland hospital pharmacist, leaves the federal courthouse after Bathula was indicted on Friday.
Court rules people accused of complicity in Catholic Church sex abuse can’t be named
Prosecutors may not disclose the names of more than a dozen clergy and laypeople accused of hiding or failing to report child sexual abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled on Monday.
The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.
Body pulled from Inner Harbor identified as missing man Branson Oduor
Baltimore Police identified the body found Tuesday morning in the Inner Harbor as Branson Oduor, a 27-year-old who was missing for more than a week after a night out in Fells Point.
27-year old Branson Oduor was a runner on the University of Mount Olive track and field team in college and has remained an avid runner. Oduor was last seen on April 4, 2026.
The maestro: An Italian master in Baltimore finds healing in an ancient art
A renowned Venetian glass artist living in Baltimore faces Parkinson’s disease but finds new ways to create, teach and return to his craft.
Italian maestro Gianni Toso creates a detailed miniature candelabra at the lampworking table in his North Baltimore studio.
Maryland strikes deal with owner and operator of Dali in Key Bridge collapse
The ship hit the bridge in the early morning of March 24, 2024, killing six workers who were filling potholes and sending the span into the Patapsco River.
A boat passes by the Dali, which is now docked at the Port of Baltimore, on May 24, 2024.
Brits are squirming because McCormick is buying their weird breakfast spread, Marmite
There’s angst across the pond over recent news that the beloved British breakfast spread Marmite was falling into the hands of the Americans, namely, McCormick & Co. in Hunt Valley.
McCormick & Co. announced last week that it is acquiring a portion of British food conglomerate Unilever, which will include the spread Marmite.
Travel mess at BWI leaves spring breakers in need of a vacation
American air travel is entirely unpredictable right now. That’s pushing Maryland families to extraordinary lengths to ensure they don’t miss their spring break trips.
Mac Morrone, an 8th grader at Patterson Park Public Charter School, arrive at the airport by 2:40 a.m. Thursday to make sure that he did not miss his spring break trip to Costa Rica.
Former Naval Academy midshipman posted about killing peers over their Charlie Kirk comments
An attorney for Jackson Fleming wants President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi to intervene.
U.S. Navy Security officers attend Gate 1 at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis on Sept. 11. The USNA went on lockdown that evening following reports of a shooting on campus.
More than an AI girlfriend factory, a Baltimore company wants to ease loneliness
Baltimore’s Nomi lets real people create AI love interests, gaming partners, life coaches or just someone to listen while you complain about your boss.
No one wants Kevin Spacey’s luxury Baltimore waterfront home
After almost three years of litigation — settlement talks, blown deadlines, a buzzy auction on the courthouse steps, even a monthslong fight over the keys — the famous Hollywood actor, impossibly, still owns the Baltimore waterfront house.
The waterfront mansion previously owned by actor Kevin Spacey. It was sold at auction in 2024.
The exotic cats who roamed Baltimore get a new home. Their former owner gets fined.
Animal Control concluded an investigation last month, levying two $500 fines against the cats’ owner.
Meep, one of two serval cats who escaped into the streets of Baltimore last month, at his new home, a refuge in southeast Alabama.
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