Jan 22, 2025 · Jayqwan Hamilton, 36; Robert Demaio, 35; and Jacob Barroso, 30, are accused of working together to drug and rob five men after meeting them outside Manhattan gay bars and nightclubs from March ...

Jan 23, 2025 · The trial of three men accused of orchestrating a deadly scheme targeting gay nightclub patrons in Hell’s Kitchen began Wednesday in a Manhattan courtroom. Jayqwan Hamilton, 36; Robert Demaio, 35; and Jacob Barroso, 30, face a slew of charges, including murder, robbery, identity theft and conspiracy, for a series of incidents that led to the […]

Jan 28, 2025 · The trial of three men accused of orchestrating a drugging and robbery scheme at Hell’s Kitchen gay bars continued with testimony from a victim and his friend, who described their experience after a night out at The Q Bar in April 2022. Club Q closed in March 2023. Photo: Phil O’Brien Jayqwan Hamilton, 36; Robert Demaio, 35; and Jacob Barroso, 30, face charges of murder, robbery, identity ...

Jan 28, 2025 · Defendants Jayqwan Hamilton, Robert DeMaio and Jacob Barroso, all in their 30s, have pleaded not guilty to running the scheme from 2021 to 2022 outside of Manhattan gay bars and nightclubs ...

Jan 27, 2025 · Three suspects charged in the murders of two gay men in a crime ring that terrorized New York City’s nightlife for more than a year appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court on Jan. 22 for the beginning of their murder trial. Jacob Barroso, 32, Robert DeMaio, 36, and Jayqwan Hamilton, 37, sat together as New York’s Assistant District Attorney Emily Ching, one of the prosecutors, laid out the ...

Apr 2, 2023 · Jacob Barroso, 30, faces charges including murder, robbery and conspiracy. Barroso and two other men are accused in the 2022 deaths of Julio Ramirez and John Umberger.

Apr 2, 2023 · Jacob Barroso, 30, of Harlem gave up and was charged for his role specifically in the death of Julio Ramirez, 25, who along with John Umberger, 33, died last spring after ingesting a...

Apr 5, 2023 · Jacob Barroso, 30, was arrested Saturday and charged with murder in connection with the death of Julio Cesar Ramirez, 25, the New York Police Department announced. Ramirez was found unconscious shortly before 4:00 a.m. on …

Apr 2, 2023 · Jacob Barroso, 30, was charged with murder, robbery, grand larceny and conspiracy in connection with the death of Julio Ramirez, a 25-year-old social worker, and in a separate incident in...

Apr 4, 2023 · Robert Demaio, 34, and Jacob Barroso, 30, are charged with second-degree murder, robbery, identity theft, grand larceny and conspiracy, according to an indictment.