NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A Richmond area man was convicted Thursday on charges related to a October 2025 armed robbery in Newport News, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.
On Oct. 22, a federal jury convicted Jayveon McCloud on the following charges:
- Conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery, threats and violence
- Interference with interstate commerce by robbery, threats and violence
- Carjacking
- Brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence
According to court records, McCloud and Takaree Fields, 22, of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, each wearing a mask and armed with a handgun, approached a food delivery driver in Newport News on Oct. 22, 2025.
McCloud and Fields pointed their guns at the driver, ordering him to drop everything, empty his pockets and remove his shoes. Both men took the food the driver attempted to deliver and his shoes, money, and car key fob…