Suspect arrested in connection to deadly NYC drugging spree
Barroso and two other men are accused in the 2022 deaths of Julio Ramirez and John Umberger.
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Barroso and two other men are accused in the 2022 deaths of Julio Ramirez and John Umberger.
Police said 30-year-old Jacob Barroso faces murder, robbery and conspiracy charges.
The suspects are 30-year-old Jacob Barroso, 34-year-old Robert Demaio and 35-year-old Jayqwan Hamilton.
The indictments are part of two different patterns across the city where thieves are targeting people in bars.
A grand jury has indicted the suspects accused of drugging two men to death then robbing them. Now, police just have to find those suspects. CBS2's Ali Bauman has been covering this story and has the latest on the investigation.
Investigators believe Julio Ramirez and John Umberger were drugged and later died after separate robbery attempts.
CBS2's Tim McNicholas has an update on the druggings, robberies and deaths of two men in Hell's Kitchen. A Manhattan grand jury indicted the suspects Tuesday, but police are still searching for them.
So far, there's no description of the suspect, and it's unclear what led up to the attack.
It happened around 12:15 a.m. on Ninth Avenue near West 51st Street.
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The deaths of two men who were drugged after a night out in Hell's Kitchen have officially been ruled homicides. This comes as police are investigating a string of similar incidents at bars across Manhattan. CBS2's Ali Bauman reports.
Two deaths in Hell's Kitchen have been ruled homicides.
At least three new cases have come to light that are similar to ones that left two men dead.
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