New York City officials announced the indictment of five men who allegedly ran a scheme involving the drugging of suspects before robbing them, and sometimes killing them.
According to a press release from Bragg’s office, the five men are accused of drugging individuals they met outside of bars and nightclubs so they could steal their cell phones, credit cards and other personal information.John Umberger, who died in May in Manhattan after going out to a gay bar. Julio Ramirez was discovered dead in the back of a cab in Manhattan in April.
For instance, on April 8, 2022, Hamilton, Barroso, Butts and Hoskins allegedly approached a 22-year-old at a nightclub in midtown, entered the victim’s apartment, offered the victim and another individual drugs, then stole a cell phone, laptop, wallet, credit card and prescription medications. The investigation resulted in the seizure of about 32,000 fentanyl pills with a street value of $1 million.
Hamilton and Butts were also accused of purchasing sneakers with credit card information stored on Ramirez’s phone.Nearly an hour and a half later, Umberger was dead in his apartment with a combination of fentanyl, P-fluorofentanyl and other drugs in his system.
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