NYC Gay Bar Robberi: New Info on Deadly Dgggs of John Umberger and Jul Ramirezose Deaths: John Umberger – NBC New York

Contents:

• DGGGS, DEATHS AND ROBBERI PUT NEW YORK’S GAY COMMUNY ON EDGE
• SPECT ROBBERI OF 21 MEN HE MET THROUGH GRDR GAY HOOKUP APP ARRTED BY FBI
• MAN ARRTED KILLGS THAT TERRORIZED MANHATTAN GAY BARS
• COMPTON MAN ADMS TO MEETG, ROBBG GAY MEN HE MET ON GRDR
• MEN LURED TO “HOE OF HORRORS” ON GAY DATG APP “GRDR”
• FAL SPECT ARRTED STRG OF NYC GAY BAR ROBBERI THAT LEFT TWO AD
• PATRONS OF NYC GAY BAR PACATED AND ROBBED OF THOANDS VIA FACIAL REGNN ON THEIR PHON
• ROBBERY CREW DGGED GAY MEN LEAVG NYC CLUBS, KILLG TWO, POLICE SAY
• ARRT MA ROBBERI AND MURRS OF GAY MEN WHO WERE DGGED
• ‘ROOFIE ROBBER’ SPREE TURNS ADLY AS 2 KILLED NYC DGGG ATTACKS ON GAY MEN
• 3 MEN CHARGED DGGG MURRS AND ROBBERI AT MANHATTAN GAY BARS
• GAY NEW YORKERS SHARE ACUNTS SIAR TO ROBBERI THAT LEFT TWO AD
• DGGED, ROBBED, KILLED AFTER PARTYG HELL'S KCHEN — ARE GAY MEN BEG TARGETED?
• GAY MEN TARGETED DGGG AND ROBBERY ATTACKS, 2 ATHS POSSIBLY LKED
• NEW INFO ON DEADLY DGGGS, ROBBERI AT NYC GAY BARS — AND THERE MAY BE MORE VICTIMS
• SEVERAL FACE CHARG KILLGS OF GAY MEN WHO WERE DGGED AND ROBBED

DGGGS, DEATHS AND ROBBERI PUT NEW YORK’S GAY COMMUNY ON EDGE

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTAt first, the men’s aths were treated as overdos, until tens of thoands of dollars were found draed om their bank Umberger was seen leavg the Q nightclub Manhattan, his mother Moon for The New York TimJul Ramirez died the back seat of a taxi April after he left a popular gay bar Manhattan wh a group of men.

SPECT ROBBERI OF 21 MEN HE MET THROUGH GRDR GAY HOOKUP APP ARRTED BY FBI

They stole his wallet, phone and ID before they abandoned his body the r wh a distrsed month later, John Umberger was found ad an Upper East Si townhoe after he and a group of men left another popular gay bar jt three blocks om the last place Mr. Muny at first regard the aths as isolated dg overdos: men who partied too hard, quotidian tragedi a gay nightlife scene that has roared back to life as the ronavis panmic has the men’s fai soon disvered somethg more sister: Cred rds the men’s nam were maxed out and their bank acunts draed of tens of thoands of dollars. Muny, which emerged om the panmic to the jaws of a monkeypox outbreak, a landspe of stgglg and sometim shuttered bars and an creasgly hostile natnal polil have also spread fear and mor, while startg a broar nversatn about siar attacks that have quietly plagued the cy’s gay nightlife for years.

MAN ARRTED KILLGS THAT TERRORIZED MANHATTAN GAY BARS

Umberger were targeted bee they were gay, and they have not said if they believe the men’s aths and other nonfatal attacks are men who said they were dgged have stggled to nvce the police they were the victims of a crime and not jt irrponsible partygoers who took someone home and blacked Alarn, 33, said he was dgged at the Rz March 2020. Umberger, The Tim has spoken to five men who said they were dgged at gay bars the cy — cludg the Eagle, the Boiler Room and the 9th Avenue Saloon — and then robbed.

It is also ed recreatnally by some the gay Burt, 27, was robbed of more than $25, 000 after he was dgged at the Boiler Room the East Village last December. ImageCouncilman Erik Bottcher reprents much of the cy’s gay heartland Hell’s Kchen, Chelsea and the Wt Moon for The New York TimGay bars hold a special place L. Councilman Erik Bottcher — who reprents much of the cy’s gay heartland Hell’s Kchen, Chelsea and the Wt Village — lled “a goln age of nightlife.

COMPTON MAN ADMS TO MEETG, ROBBG GAY MEN HE MET ON GRDR

People of “groomg” children, a homophobic trope that nflat homosexualy wh pedophilia.

Bar Colorado addn, many gay bars are or near Midtown Manhattan, which has been transformed by panmic-era enomic llapse and acts of high-profile street crime.

MEN LURED TO “HOE OF HORRORS” ON GAY DATG APP “GRDR”

More about Liam StackA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 16 of the New York edn wh the headle: Dgggs, Deaths and Robberi Put Cy’s Gay Communy on Edge. Met Derrick Patterson March on Grr, the gay sex hookup se, and ved him to his room at the Beverly Hilton Beverly Hills.

District Court) Several of the victims told thori they believed Patterson was targetg gay men as a hate crime; one specified a homophobic slur he ed.

FAL SPECT ARRTED STRG OF NYC GAY BAR ROBBERI THAT LEFT TWO AD

When he was arrted, however, Patterson was rryg two $20 bills and a $5 bill that were nsistent wh sh taken om the victim’s home, and police found a stun gun near the spot where he was ptured, acrdg to the victim believed Patterson was “targetg gay men and that he is a victim of a hate crime, ” Maloney FBI spects Patterson was workg wh at least one acplice.

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTIt was the fifth arrt nnected to a seri of dgggs and robberi that killed two men last Q bar Hell’s Kchen was one of the bars where victims were targeted the Moon for The New York TimA man whom the Police Department scribed as a lear of a gang that perpetrated a seri of robberi and killgs at Manhattan gay bars has been arrted, law enforcement officials said on man, Jayqwan Haton, 35, of Brooklyn, was arrted on Monday and charged wh murr, grand larceny and other crim nnectn wh the killgs of Jul Ramirez and John Umberger, two men who were dgged at bars Manhattan, robbed g facial regnn technology on their phon and later found ad of enforcement said the motive for the killgs was fancial, but the murrs neverthels terrorized the cy’s L. Ramirez, a 25-year-old social worker om Queens, was dgged at the Rz, a gay bar Hell’s Kchen, and left wh a group of men who abandoned his body the back of a taxi on the Lower East Si roughly one hour later, his fay month later, Mr.

PATRONS OF NYC GAY BAR PACATED AND ROBBED OF THOANDS VIA FACIAL REGNN ON THEIR PHON

Umberger, a 33-year-old polil nsultant, was dgged at the Q, a gay bar near the Rz, and was found ad five days later, his fay fai of both men disvered that money had been taken om their acunts after they died.

The documents said the assailants appeared to be motivated by money and not bias, and that attacks took place at tablishments that tered to both gay and straight patrons. Umberger led other New Yorkers to e forward wh stori of beg dgged and robbed at gay bars the cy.

Several gay men who told The Tim they had been dgged said the police did not take their claims asked on Tuday if the police rponse had been fluenced by bias, Commissner Keechant L. A Compton man fac a lengthy prison sentence after admtg he targeted and robbed gay men Los Angel after nnectg wh them on the Grdr onle datg app. Patterson admted his plea agreement to five robberi between June of 2021 and March of 2022 of people he met on Grdr, a social workg platform for gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer people.

ROBBERY CREW DGGED GAY MEN LEAVG NYC CLUBS, KILLG TWO, POLICE SAY

Patterson also admted he asslted a third victim while g a homophobic slur, and threatened to shoot a fourth man durg a hotel room enunter, acrdg to the Department of Jtice.

They were om men who had been lured to a hoe on SW 34th through the gay datg app “grdr. A third and fal spect was arrted nnectn wh the homicis of two men who were dgged, robbed and killed separate cints after viss to New York Cy gay bars last year, two senr law enforcement officials said Monday.

ARRT MA ROBBERI AND MURRS OF GAY MEN WHO WERE DGGED

Umberger and Ramirez were found ad after they vised gay bars Manhattan’s Hell’s Kchen neighborhood last year. ” Multiple dgs were found their systems, cludg fentanyl, lidoe and obtaed secury vio showg Haton and Dema enterg and leavg Umberger’s temporary rince Manhattan’s Upper East Si, two senr law enforcement officials have Umberger and Jul Ramirez were dgged and killed separate cints after viss to New York Cy gay Clary; Fay photoThrough a search warrant, police also revered two vios om Dema’s phone that showed Dema and Barroso at the se of Umberger’s ath, the two officials said.

The men would e the physil rds and rmatn stored on the victims’ phon to transfer money to themselv and make purchas, the dictment News has spoken wh several gay men who said they survived siar cints om December 2021 to last month.

New York Cy police prevly nfirmed that multiple groups of crimals are mtg such crim agast men visg the cy’s gay bars.

‘ROOFIE ROBBER’ SPREE TURNS ADLY AS 2 KILLED NYC DGGG ATTACKS ON GAY MEN

It is unclear, however, whether they were found ad after havg vised gay bars or whether they were nnected wh Dema, Barroso and Haton. Three men who vised a New York Cy gay bar were robbed of thoands of dollars g facial regnn accs on their phon, the New York Police Department nfirmed on three men, who were their late 30s and 40s, vised a Chelsea gay leather bar, The Eagle NYC, on separate nights October and November and were each robbed of $1, 000 to $5, 000, acrdg to the NYPD’s puty missner of public rmatn. ”The police spokperson said the cints at The Eagle NYC and Hotel Chantelle are not related to any other pattern of robberi happeng the recent robberi bear a remblance to the s, reported by NBC News November, of Jul Ramirez, 25, a social worker, and John Umberger, 33, a polil nsultant, who were targeted siar fashn and suffered unexplaed the separate evengs of their aths, Ramirez and Umberger were seen leavg New York Cy gay bars wh groups of men before their bank acunts were draed of thoands of dollars g facial regnn accs to their phon, acrdg to their fay members.

3 MEN CHARGED DGGG MURRS AND ROBBERI AT MANHATTAN GAY BARS

Four men have been charged nnectn wh a scheme to dg and rob dnk gay men as they left bars Manhattan a se that igned fears New York's LGBTQ Dema and Jab Barroso were charged Monday wh murr, robbery, inty theft and nspiracy, among other unts. Ramirez, a social worker, was leavg a gay bar lled The Rz Hell's Kchen when he was targeted last April.

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GAY NEW YORKERS SHARE ACUNTS SIAR TO ROBBERI THAT LEFT TWO AD

He’s a notor gay s*x predator who has served time jail for numero sexual asslts.

DGGED, ROBBED, KILLED AFTER PARTYG HELL'S KCHEN — ARE GAY MEN BEG TARGETED?

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTJab Barroso, 30, arrted Saturday the murr of Jul Ramirez, a 25-year-old social worker, is the third person charged the Moon for The New York TimThe New York Police Department said on Sunday that a man had been arrted and charged wh murr nnectn wh a seri of killgs and robberi at Manhattan gay bars that has terrorized the cy’s L. Muny and started a broar nversatn about siar dg attacks that have long plagued the cy’s Ramirez had left The Rz, a gay bar Hell’s Kchen, wh a group of men, and his body was abandoned the back of a taxi on the Lower East Si shortly afterward, his fay Umberger went missg after a vis to the Q, another Hell’s Kchen bar, and was found ad five days later. ”Acrdg to ternal Police Department documents viewed by The New York Tim, vtigators have intified two siar robbery patterns targetg bars the documents said that the assailants appeared to be motivated by money and not bias, and that they targeted bars that ter to both gay and straight patrons.

Umberger, The Tim has terviewed more than a dozen other men who were dgged Manhattan gay bars, then robbed and left for ad, sometim their own ransacked remas unclear what substance is beg ed to pacate victims. But several men speculated that they had been dgged wh GHB, a so-lled “date rape dg” that is easily obtaable New York and is ed recreatnally small dos by some gay men. More about Liam StackA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 15 of the New York edn wh the headle: Arrt Is Ma Murrs of Gay Men.

More gay men NYC are g forward to share stori disturbgly siar to those of two gay men who were dgged, killed, and had their bank acunts emptied after a night out drkg earlier this Umberger, 33, of Washgton D. C., was dgged, robbed, and killed after a night visg gay bars Hell's Kchen on May 28. At least a dozen more have also reported beg dgged and robbed by a group of men spected of preyg on gay men.

GAY MEN TARGETED DGGG AND ROBBERY ATTACKS, 2 ATHS POSSIBLY LKED

Word needs to get out, pecially the gay muny, that they are targetg gay men, " Clary told the NY Post earlier this month, later addg, "This same group of killers have dgged, robbed, and murred untls young gay men New York.

Two more parents have e forward to warn New Yorkers about anized crime gangs who are dggg and robbg young men at gay bars Hell’s Kchen and are spected of murrg at least two victims.

The NYPD has formed a grand larceny task force to vtigate at least a dozen siar non-fatal s which well-drsed victims were targeted by three men at gay bars, dgged, and robbed of tens of thoands of dollars, after their bank acunts were emptied and cred rds maxed out. While most of the venu targeted are gay bars, at least one victim was approached at an Irish pub Greenwich Village.

NEW INFO ON DEADLY DGGGS, ROBBERI AT NYC GAY BARS — AND THERE MAY BE MORE VICTIMS

Her son, a Washgton, DC, polil nsultant, was dgged and robbed by three unintified men believed to have targeted him at Eighth Avenue gay nightclub The Q NYC on May 28. “This same group of killers have dgged, robbed and murred untls young gay men New York, ” Clary told The Post. Five weeks earlier, near intil circumstanc, Brooklyn social worker Jul Ramirez, 25, was found ad the back of a taxi on the Lower East Si, an hour after he was seen the pany of three unintified men leavg a gay club on Wt 46th Street, two blocks om The Q NYC, around 3:17 a.

Jul Ramirez was targeted while out at a gay bar near The Q Hell’s Kchen. “They’ve been preyg on the gay muny, and they pretend to be gay themselv.

To the attacks by the Hell’s Kchen gang, except she says he is not gay and Fiddlticks is not a gay venue. Evans, whout warng, placed the man a choke hold and lled him an anti-gay slur as the other man accelerated out of the gated muny, police reported.

SEVERAL FACE CHARG KILLGS OF GAY MEN WHO WERE DGGED AND ROBBED

Moon for The New York TimThree men were charged on Monday, two of them wh murr, a seri of fatal dgggs at Manhattan gay bars that killed two people and have spread fear through the cy’s L. Prosecutors believe the crim were rried out by what they lled “a crew” of attackers who preyed on people Hell’s Kchen, a gay nightlife district Midtown Manhattan, slippg dgs to unspectg bar patrons and then leadg them to a send lotn, sometim their own hom, to rob Police Department said at least one spect, Jayqwan Haton, remaed at large on Monday. Ramirez appear to have been motivated by money and not anti-gay bias, and that a wave of siar crim has stck both gay and straight bars across the the crim have had a sgular impact on the cy’s tight-kn L.

Nightlife for years: the e of easily obtaable dgs, such as GHB, which is ed recreatnally small dos by some the gay muny, to pacate and rob Tim terviewed over a dozen men who said they were dgged at gay bars and then robbed and left man, Tyler Burt, who was attacked at an East Village bar December 2021 and awoke his apartment to fd more than $25, 000 of goods stolen om him, said his doctor suggted that he had been given Stack is a relign rrponnt on the Metro sk, verg New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. More about Liam StackA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 19 of the New York edn wh the headle: 3 Held Dggg Murrs And Robberi at Gay Bars. The s were weeks apart and eerily siar: Two young men at popular New York Cy gay bars.

Both of their bank acunts were they may not be the only gay New Yorkers are g forward for the first time wh acunts that share notable siari to the unexplaed aths this sprg of Jul Ramirez, 25, a social worker, and John Umberger, 33, a polil biggt difference so far: They News spoke to two people who scribed harrowg experienc that seem to broadly f the pattern of what happened to Ramirez and Umberger.