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Brazen jewel thief in a suit and fedora, is caught on tape pulling gun on stunned staff at NYC Diamond District store before swiping $3.4million in jewels – Jaysean Sutton, 43, will serve 14 years in prison

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2e31&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Fedora wearing bandit Jaysean Sutton stole &dollar;3&period;4million worth of jewelry after an audacious broad daylight robbery in New York City&&num;8217&semi;s Diamond District in 2019 <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2e31&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Sutton&comma; 43&comma; and Pedro Davila&comma; 30&comma; are two of the three suspects in the 2019 robbery of Avianne and Co&period; in Manhattan&&num;8217&semi;s <&sol;strong> <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2e31&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Jewel thief who was dressed in a suit and fedora was caught on CCTV as he pulled a gun on stunned staff at the NYC store before boosting several million in jewels<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2e31&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Surveillance footage released by federal prosecutors on Monday shows Sutton forcing an employee to open a safe for him at gunpoint<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2e31&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>He fled New York&comma; but was arrested in North Carolina months later and in January 2022 the career criminal pled guilty to the jewelry shop heist<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2e31&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Sutton has five prior convictions and jail time&comma; leading to prosecutors to requesting a 14 year prison sentence <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b2e31&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Sutton&comma; Davila and their accomplice carried out the robbery on August 25&comma; 2019 &&num;8211&semi; just 10 days after he was released from <&sol;strong>a <strong>state corrections facility on parole<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;Jaysean-Sutton-4&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-420517" width&equals;"842" height&equals;"401"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Fedora wearing jewelry store bandit Jayson Sutton &lbrack;L-R&rsqb;&comma; pled guilty to the jewelry shop heist in January -Sutton Sutton has been convicted of at least five firearms and drugs charges in New York and Connecticut&period; He was arrested a few months after the heist in a North Carolina hotel&period; Prosecutors argue that he should serve 14 years in prison <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A man who robbed a NYC Diamond District store of &dollar;4million worth of jewelry in 2019&comma; should serve 14 years in prison&comma; prosecutors argued on Monday&period; <br>Jayson Sutton had pled guilty to the jewelry shop heist in January&comma; after he was caught on cameras pulling a gun out in the store during the crime&period;<br>Sutton&comma; along with two accomplices executed an audacious jewelry heist in New York City&&num;8217&semi;s Diamond district three years ago&period; That store&comma; Avianne &amp&semi; Co&period; jewelry store in the Diamond District of New York City&comma; has a history of selling jewelry to celebrity clientele&period;<br>New surveillance footage of the fedora-wearing thief carrying out the heist in midtown Manhattan was also released as part of a new sentencing submission filed by federal prosecutors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<iframe title&equals;"VideoPress Video Player" aria-label&equals;'VideoPress Video Player' width&equals;'620' height&equals;'348' src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;videopress&period;com&sol;embed&sol;zICE3tT0&quest;cover&equals;1&amp&semi;preloadContent&equals;metadata&amp&semi;useAverageColor&equals;1&amp&semi;hd&equals;0' frameborder&equals;'0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent&equals;"true" allow&equals;'clipboard-write'><&sol;iframe><script src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;v0&period;wordpress&period;com&sol;js&sol;next&sol;videopress-iframe&period;js&quest;m&equals;1674852142'><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div><figcaption>C<strong>areer criminal Jaysean Sutton is captured on CCTV footage holding up Avianne &amp&semi; Co&period; jewelry store in the Diamond District of New York City<&sol;strong> in 2019 <&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">An image released as part of a sentencing submission on Monday shows Sutton as he marched a store employees to a room and forced him to open a safe at gunpoint&period;<br>Stills of the video show Jaysean Sutton in a blue suit&comma; wearing a fedora as he brandished a pistol in the back room of the Avianne and Co&period; jewelry store&period;<br>He and two other bandits then bound employees with zip ties and duct tape&period; The three thieves&comma; which include Sutton&comma; 43&comma; Pedro Davila&comma; 30&comma; and a third unnamed suspect made off with an estimated &dollar;3&period;4million in jewelry&comma; wrote US attorney Alexander Li&period;&period;<br>Sutton then fled New York&comma; but was subsequently arrested in a North Carolina hotel in October 2019&comma; the submission said&period;<br>Sutton&comma; who had been previously convicted on five drugs and firearms charges before the robbery&comma; pled guilty to the jewelry shop heist in January of this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;image-47&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-420513" width&equals;"846" height&equals;"465"&sol;><figcaption><strong>An image released as part of a sentencing submission on Monday&comma; shows Sutton as he took one of the store&&num;8217&semi;s employees to a room and forced him to open a safe at gunpoint <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;Jaysean-Sutton-5&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-420521" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"453"&sol;><figcaption><strong>This image released as part of a sentencing submission on Monday shows Sutton &lbrack;wearing fedora&rsqb;&comma; as he took one of the store&&num;8217&semi;s employees to a room and forced him to open a safe at gunpoint&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Sutton has been convicted of at least five firearms and drugs charges in New York and Connecticut&period; He was arrested a few months after the heist in a North Carolina hotel&period; <br>The West 47th street store is known for catering to various celebrities including Nicki Minaj and Migos&period;<br>At around 11&period;30am on August 25&comma; 2019 &&num;8211&semi; just 10 days after being released from state prison onparole &&num;8211&semi; Sutton entered the jewelry store with Davila and the unnamed accomplice&period;<br>According to the federal submission&comma; around 11&period;42 Sutton met with several employees in a back room of the store&comma; Li says in the submission&period;<br>While the defendant sat speaking with them in the room Sutton brandished a silver pistol before instructing them to the ground and binding four of the store&&num;8217&semi;s employees with duct tape and zip ties&comma; wrote Li&period;<br>Once secure Sutton began looting the shop and used his gun to force one of the employees into another room to open a locked safe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;Jewelry-store-robbed-by-Jaysean-Sutton-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-420524" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"445"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Sutton&&num;8217&semi;s accomplice Pedro Davila is seen in the surveillance tape as the trio of thieves stole items were said by federal prosecutor Alexander Li to be worth &dollar;3&period;4million<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Part of the submission &&num;8211&semi; a still from the surveillance footage &&num;8211&semi; shows Sutton at the safe with the bound employee&period;<br>Over the course of 15 minutes the three thieves tossed various pieces of jewelry into large bags as employees lay bound on the ground&comma; footage shows&period; <br>Sutton&comma; Davila and the final unnamed thief then ransacked the rest of the store&comma; leaving at around 11&period;58am with an estimated &dollar;3&period;4million-worth of jewelry in their bags&period; <br>A couple of months later on October 7&comma; 2019&comma; Sutton was arrested at a hotel in North Carolina&period;  <br>In January this year Sutton pled guilty to the robbery&comma; as well as the lesser offense of possessing a firearm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;Avianne-Co&period;-jewelry-store-in-the-Diamond-District-of-New-York-City-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-420525" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"950"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Armed thieves pulled off the midday heist at Avianne &amp&semi; Co&period; jewelry store in the Diamond District of New York City&comma; around 11&period;30am on August 25&comma; 2019&period; The lead armed bandit&comma; Jayson Sutton had been released on parole from jail 10 days earlier<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;Pedro-Davila-4&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-420530" width&equals;"841" height&equals;"541"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Sutton and Pedro Davila&comma; 30&comma; &lbrack;L-R&rsqb;&comma; are two of the three suspects in the 2019 robbery of Avianne and Co&period; in Manhattan&&num;8217&semi;s Diamond District<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Sutton has a number of prior convictions and has served multiple stints in prison for charges relating to firearms and drugs&period;<br>In 2000 Sutton was charged with drug and weapons offenses in New York&comma; for which he was sentenced to six months in prison&period;<br>And in 2002 he was found guilty of Connecticut assault and firearms offenses for which he was sentenced to a total of three years in prison&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;Avianne-Co&period;-jewelry-store-in-NYC-clientele-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-420537" width&equals;"845" height&equals;"826"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Prosecutor Alexander Li is seeking a 14 year sentence for Sutton who along two others robbed the Avianne and Co&period; in NYC&period; The store has a history of catering to the bling appetites of A-List clientele<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Then in 2003 he was sentenced to five years in prison for a Connecticut coercion offense&period;<br>In 2005 he was convicted of another Connecticut firearms offense and sentenced to a year in prison&period;<br>Finally in 2007 he received his longest sentence of five years in prison for a New York firearms offense&period; <br>Now prosecutor Alexander Li is seeking a 14 year sentence for Sutton&period; He wrote in the submission to the federal judge&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Sutton robbed a jewelry store in Midtown Manhattan in broad daylight and with high-definition surveillance footage rolling&period; On camera&comma; Sutton brandished a gun while employees lay bound on the floor&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Though the &dollar;3&period;4 million he looted is not a perfect measure of the seriousness of his crime&comma; it is a proxy for the audacity of the crime in the public consciousness&period;&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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