GREENVILLE, Miss. ( WJTV ) – An Indianola man was sentenced on Wednesday, May 1 to more than six years in prison for his role in the armed robbery of Backyard Burgers restaurant in Cleveland, Mississippi.

According to court documents, Leequinn McCloud, 25, previously pled guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi to one count of Hobbs Act robbery pertaining to the incident.

McCloud was sentenced to 77 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Following sentencing, McCloud was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal’s Service.

McCloud’s co-defendant, Ladarius Snipes, was previously sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, where he was facing additional charges. Snipes was sentenced to 120 months in prison for his role in the armed robbery of the Backyard Burgers, in addition to 35 months in prison for his Minnesota charges.

“The U.S. Attorney’s Office will do everything in its power to ensure that those who choose to commit violent gun crimes are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” said U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner. “We thank ATF and the Cleveland, Mississippi Police Department for their work on this case and will continue to work alongside our federal, state and local partners to help keep our communities and citizens safer by aggressively investigating and prosecuting violent criminals.”

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Cleveland Police Department investigated the case.

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