A Manhattan ju judge found three men guilty of paralyzing two gay bar users as part of an elaborate robbery plot, leading to their deaths.
Three men, Jayqwan Hamilton, 37, Jacob Barroso, 32, and Robert Demaio, 36, were also convicted of robbery and conspiracy in a drug scheme.
Prosecutors claim the trio, along with other accomplices, are hiding outside a Manhattan bar near closing time, hoping to encounter drunken patrons after a night of drinking.
After chatting with the victim, the man drugs the medicine in a cocktail covered with fentanyl and waits until he becomes incapacitated. The man then stole the victim’s wallet, used facial recognition technology on his smartphone to access a bank account, and then ran out of money. They used these funds and victims’ credit cards to purchase a variety of items, including liquor, sneakers, designer clothing and accessories.
Two men, 33-year-old John Umberger of Washington, DC and 25-year-old Julio Ramirez of Brooklyn, both died of “acute poisoning,” derived from a mixture of fentanyl, cocaine, ethanol and other drugs. Ta. According to the city’s medical inspector’s office.
Ramirez’s body was left behind a taxi in April 2022, but Umberger died in a townhouse a month later, but the attacker partyed next to his unvigorated body. I took photos and videos of them.
At the trial, prosecutors presented a text message indicating that Demaio was responsible for obtaining fentanyl, which is used to neutralize the victims. The prosecutor also presented the ju judge with data, text exchanges, security video footage and other evidence from the mobile phone tower, and when the accused is carrying out a robbery and shopping with the victim’s money. , followed the defendant’s movements.
Ju-dean also heard descriptions from other men who survived similar drug encounters.
One man explained that he was waking up alone after being hurt in a hotel room where his credit card and phone went missing. Prosecutors later showed him the image of two men moving his wobbling body in a luggage cart into the hotel lobby. Another man said he doesn’t remember that another man inhaling the substance he had gripped into his nose, as seen in the video shown to the ju umpire.
On February 10, after four hours of deliberation, the ju judges discovered that Hamilton, Baroso and Demaio were found guilty of all robbery, conspiracy and murder related to Ramirez’s death, and Hamilton and Demaio Robbery and additional convictions against Demaio and murder of Umberger.
Men can face anywhere from 25 years of life in prison.
“We know that families who have lost loved ones still suffer from so much pain. We hope that this verdict will provide at least some comfort,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said. said in a statement after the conviction was found.
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