District Man Indicted on Enhanced Second-Degree Theft for Stealing from a Northwest CVS and Threatening a Store Employee

WASHINGTON - Sahid Sesay, 36, of Washington, D.C., was indicted by a grand jury in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on one count of felony second-degree theft and one count of misdemeanor threats stemming from events occurring on January 16, 2024, U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced.

A grand jury indicted Sesay on May 22, 2024. Arraignment is scheduled for May 29th.

According to the government's evidence, on January 16, 2024, Sesay took several pieces of merchandise without paying from the CVS store located in Northwest Washington, D.C. Just before stealing these items, Sesay, chased a CVS employee around the store, jumped on the cashier counter, and threatened the CVS employee. Sesay was quickly located and arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department.

Sesay has two or more prior theft convictions, though not from the same occasion, and therefore is subject to enhanced penalties for his alleged theft, including a mandatory minimum sentence of one year in jail for each count of theft for which he is indicted.

This case was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Couce.

An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed a violation of criminal laws and every defendant is presumed innocent until, and unless, proven guilty.