The three men accused of a string of 2022 Manhattan robberies in which two male victims were fatally drugged were convicted Monday on all criminal counts.
Robert DeMaio, Jacob Barroso, and Jayqwan Hamilton were convicted of murder, burglary, robbery, conspiracy, and more for drugging five men over the course of 2022. It took the jury a little more than a day to come back with the guilty verdict; they had begun deliberations Friday before breaking for the weekend.According to court documents, the suspects chatted up members of the LGBTQ+ community and drug them at Manhattan bars using a cocktail of fentanyl.
Weeks after Ramirez’s death, hundreds marched through Midtown Manhattan to demand answers and justice in the killing.John Umberger, the second victim, was found dead inside of his Upper East Side apartment on May 26. Detectives would discover fraudulent charges on the victim’s credit cards and in the bank accounts, including thousands of dollars of unauthorized Cash App transfers—connections were made when authorities found that this was a similar pattern to Ramirez’s death.
Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal also commented on the convictions, thanking DA Bragg and stating that his heart goes out to the victims’ family members. He also bemoaned Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoing a bill he helped introduce that would put more security measures on payment apps.
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