Kaevon Sutton, a 24-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty on March 6 in U.S. District Court to federal kidnapping charges for his role in an armed assault and abduction of two individuals in Northeast Washington, according to a March 9 announcement by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
The case is significant as it involves the use of firearms and the crossing of state lines during the commission of a violent crime. Kidnapping under federal law carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Court documents show that around 1:44 a.m. on May 20, 2023, Sutton arrived with others in a black sedan on the 4900 block of Quarles Street NE. Armed with a firearm, Sutton and his co-conspirators ordered two victims to the ground and assaulted them. Sutton was seen holding his weapon while searching and striking the victims.
Sutton then forced one victim into their Nissan Murano at gunpoint while his associates forced the second victim into a GMC Yukon. He coordinated the operation by guarding one victim with his weapon as co-conspirators controlled the other. The group drove both vehicles, along with their own sedan, across state lines into Bladensburg, Maryland.
Once in Maryland, Sutton and his co-conspirators forced both victims out of their vehicles, ordered them to remove their clothes, and directed them to walk into nearby woods before leaving with the stolen vehicles. The victims were left stranded.
The FBI Washington Field Office and Metropolitan Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Caelainn Carney and Joshua Satter are prosecuting the case. Sentencing is scheduled for September 17, 2026.
