PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. – On September 18, 2024, Detectives with the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle after observing multiple traffic violations along Fairground Road in Prince Frederick.
Upon making contact with the driver, Barbara Ann Magruder, 46 of Prince Frederick, a bag containing Alprazolam was observed in plain view. Magruder advised she had just exchanged pills with a female identified as Kimberly Marie Hamm in a red Pontiac.
A search of Magruder’s vehicle revealed a cut plastic straw with residue, a dollar bill containing a blue powder, and a clear plastic Ziploc style bag containing a white residue. Magruder was transported to the Calvert County Detention Center and charged with CDS: Distribution, CDS: Possession-Not Cannabis, CDS: Possession of Paraphernalia and CDS: Possession with Intent to Distribute Narcotics.
Moments later, detectives observe the suspect’s red Pontiac to have a cracked windshield obstructing the driver’s view. A traffic stop was initiated on the Pontiac in the area of Safeway gas station located at 240 West Dares Beach Rd. in Prince Frederick.
Contact was made with the occupants, driver William O’Brian Kennedy, 45 of Chesapeake Beach, and passenger Kimberly Marie Hamm, 44 of Chesapeake Beach.
Investigation revealed Hamm met with Magruder and exchanged pills. A K9 search of the vehicle revealed a pill bottle of Alprazolam (the same pills seized from Magruder), 36 Ambien pills, a suboxone strip, a cut straw with white residue, 2 Oxycodone pills and 3 cell phones. A search of Kennedy revealed a cut plastic straw as well as a plastic container containing a white powdery residue (suspected Oxycodone).
Kennedy was transported to the Calvert County Detention Center and charged with CDS: Possession of Paraphernalia and CDS: Possession-Not Cannabis. Hamm was transported and charged with CDS: Distribution, CDS: Possession with Intent to Distribute, CDS: Possession-Not Cannabis and CDS: Possession of Paraphernalia.
