Hyattsville Man Sentenced For Having A Gun, Ammunition, Drugs In His Vehicle

HYATTSVILLE, MD — A Hyattsville man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to possession of ammunition by a convicted felon and possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute.

Boie Barry, 32, was found by Prince George's Police in September 2022 sitting in his vehicle, which he had parked in a handicap spot without the handicap placard. When officers approached his vehicle, they smelled and saw marijuana in the vehicle's center console and told Barry to get out of his vehicle. When he did, an officer spied something in his front left pocket. The officer told Barry to keep his hands up and that's when the officer saw a firearm in his waistband, according to police.

Barry tried to run off but officers stopped him. They found a 9mm privately manufactured firearm without a serial number, known as a “ghost gun,” that was equipped with a laser sight and fully automatic switch, and loaded with 32 rounds of ammunition. The switch allowed the firearm to fire in fully automatic mode, making it into a machinegun. Officers also found bags in Barry’s front left pocket containing various controlled substances, including cocaine, cocaine base, methamphetamine, para-fluorofentanyl and fentanyl. They also found $1,565.75 in Barry’s possession that were proceeds from drug trafficking.

Barry has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release.