Barbara B. Lucas, Director at PROVIDENT BANKSHARES CORP (PBKS), bought 5,000 shares at $10.80 ($54K) on 2008-04-14, disclosed to the SEC on 2008-04-15.
Open-market purchase of $54k PBKS by Director. Below the thresholds we flag for high-conviction alerts (no C-suite role, rare reversal, cluster, or A-grade history).
Something here stands out, but not much.