Oxford man gets 13 years for Memphis carjacking robbery

Jacam’Ron McIntosh, 21, of Oxford, was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for his role in a gunpoint carjacking and robbery that targeted a crew of construction workers in Memphis. Federal prosecutors announced the sentence Friday, June 26, along with an eight-and-a-half-year sentence for McIntosh’s co-defendant, Marterrio Armstrong, 21, of Memphis.

The robbery happened Nov. 24, 2024, after nine construction workers finished packing up from a residential construction project and a tenth victim was later dragged outside at gunpoint. Prosecutors said McIntosh and Armstrong approached with guns drawn, threatened the workers and took wallets, cell phones, money and keys before fleeing in one victim’s Nissan Maxima. The violence left a job-site crew that had already finished its work facing a fast-moving armed robbery that spread from the home to the stolen car.

Memphis police traced one victim’s cellphone to a residence in Memphis less than an hour later. Officers found the Nissan Maxima hidden behind several trash cans in a carport and recovered stolen property at the house. McIntosh was found hiding in the attic with a Glock 19 pistol, a Romania Arms Mini Draco pistol and a victim’s wallet, adding firearms and stolen belongings to a case built around an immediate police response.

The investigation was handled by the Memphis Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Nashville Field Division. Prosecutors said the case was part of the Justice Department Criminal Division’s Violent Crime Initiative in Memphis, a federal partnership designed to use gun laws and other federal charges against violent offenders. For Lafayette County readers, the case is a reminder that an Oxford address can still land in a federal courtroom when guns, carjacking and interstate violence cross the line from local crime to federal prosecution.