WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A federal jury convicted Jayveon Christopher McCloud yesterday on charges of conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery, threats, and violence; interference with interstate commerce by robbery, threats, and violence; carjacking; and brandishing a firearm during of a crime of violence.
According to court records and evidence presented at trial, on Oct. 22, 2025, McCloud and Takaree Alexander Fields, 22, of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, each wearing a mask and armed with a handgun, approached a food delivery driver in Newport News. McCloud and Fields pointed th...