Federal prosecutors say a late-night armed attack that started on a Northeast D.C. street and ended in Maryland woods has now led to a kidnapping conviction that could put a 24-year-old District man in prison for life.
Kaevon Sutton pleaded guilty this week to a federal kidnapping charge for his role in a May 2023 incident that prosecutors say ended with two victims stranded and unclothed in the woods in Maryland. According to court filings, the episode began in Northeast Washington, where Sutton and others allegedly forced the two at gunpoint into their own vehicles and then drove them across state lines. Sutton faces a potential life sentence and is due to be sentenced in September.
In a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, prosecutors said Sutton entered his guilty plea on March 6 before U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Kelly to one count of kidnapping. The filing lists the case as 25cr221 and notes that sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 17, 2026. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Caelainn Carney and Joshua Satter are listed as the prosecutors on the case.
What prosecutors say happened
According to prosecutors, the violence unfolded around 1:44 a.m. on May 20, 2023, on the 4900 block of Quarles Street NE. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Sutton ordered two victims to the ground and assaulted them while co-conspirators searched the pair and their belongings…