MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for an armed carjacking that targeted a group of construction workers at a Memphis job site.
A federal judge sentenced 21-year-old Marterrio Armstrong of Memphis to eight and one-half years in prison and 21-year-old Jacam’Ron McIntosh of Oxford, Mississippi, to 13 years in prison.
According to evidence presented in court, the robbery occurred on Nov. 24, 2024, as 10 construction workers were finishing work at a residential construction project in Memphis.
Prosecutors said Armstrong and McIntosh approached the workers with firearms drawn and threatened them, telling the victims, “Don’t move or we will f*** you up,” before demanding their property.
While Armstrong held nine workers at gunpoint outside, McIntosh entered the residence and forced a tenth worker outside at gunpoint.
The two men stole wallets, cell phones, cash, keys, and other personal belongings before driving away in one victim’s Nissan Maxima.
Less than an hour after the robbery, Memphis Police officers tracked one victim’s cellphone to a Memphis residence.
There, officers located the stolen Nissan Maxima hidden behind trash cans in a carport.
Inside the residence, police arrested Armstrong and recovered property stolen during the robbery.
McIntosh was found hiding in the attic along with a Glock 19 pistol, a Romanian Arms Mini Draco pistol, and one of the victim’s stolen wallets.
The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Memphis Police Department.
The case was prosecuted by Trial Attorney Marcus Johnson, former Trial Attorney Shriram Harid of the Justice Department’s Violent Crime and Racketeering Section, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Musselwhite for the Western District of Tennessee.
Federal officials said the prosecution was part of the Department of Justice’s Violent Crime Initiative in Memphis, a partnership between federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies aimed at reducing violent crime in the city.
