Gang Indicted In "Roofie" Murrs Of NYC Gay Men

Contents:

• MAN ARRTED KILLGS THAT TERRORIZED MANHATTAN GAY BARS
•  NEW YORK GANG THAT PREYS ON GAY MEN HAS ALREADY KILLED TWO AND ROBBED A DOZEN OTHERS
• I WENT TO THE SKETCHIT GAY BAR IN NEW YORK CY AND IT WAS THE MOST HORRIFYG EXPERIENCE OF MY ENTIRE LIFE
• GANG THAT PREYS ON GAY MEN HAS KILLED TWO AND DGGED AND ROBBED A DOZEN OTHERS ALV BRAGG IMPEDG
• MEMBER OF NYC GAY NIGHTCLUB ROBBERY GANG IS CHARGED WH THREE MORE MURRS
• THE BT GAY HOOK-UP SPOTS NYC
• NYC OFFICIALS OUTRAGED OVER ANTI-GAY GANG TORTURE
• GANG INDICTED IN “ROOFIE” MURRS OF NYC GAY MEN
• ALV BRAGG SILENT AS GANG OF KILLERS PREYS ON GAY MEN, LEAVG 2 AD AND A DOZEN ROBBED
• DGGGS, DEATHS AND ROBBERI PUT NEW YORK’S GAY COMMUNY ON EDGE
• 2 KILLED SPECTED RASH OF DGGGS AND ROBBERI N.Y.C. GAY NIGHTLIFE SCENE
• 3 GAY GANGS BEG “KNOWN”
• INDICTMENTS ARE HAND UP NNECTN WH NYC GAY BAR KILLGS, SOURC SAY
• MAN CHARGED DEADLY NYC GAY BAR DGGGS; 2 SPECTS STILL AT LARGE
• BRONX GANG CLAIM GAY REC TORTURE WAS FORCED BY LEAR
• SPECT NNECTED TO NYC GAY BAR KILLGS DICTED ON CHARG OF GRAND LARCENY AND INTY THEFT
• NYC LNCH PROGRAM TO RE-EXAME GAY BAR DGGG AND HOMICI S

MAN ARRTED KILLGS THAT TERRORIZED MANHATTAN GAY BARS

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. 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.

 NEW YORK GANG THAT PREYS ON GAY MEN HAS ALREADY KILLED TWO AND ROBBED A DOZEN OTHERS

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.

The mother of a gay man robbed and killed unr spic circumstanc New York Cy earlier this year broke her silence this week, llg out Manhattan's new district attorney for refg to prosecute her son's alleged murrers, a gang spected of preyg on young gay men Hell's Clary told The New York Post District Attorney Alv Bragg is draggg his feet on brgg charg agast the spected killers of her son, John Umberger, 33, of Washgton D. The same gang of men is believed rponsible for the April ath of Brooklyn social worker Jul Ramirez, 25, who also died unr spic circumstanc after beg dgged and robbed the area, and at least dozen more gay men who were also dgged and robbed. Word needs to get out, pecially the gay muny, that they are targetg gay men, " Lda Clary told the Post, later addg, "This same group of killers have dgged, robbed, and murred untls young gay men New York.

I WENT TO THE SKETCHIT GAY BAR IN NEW YORK CY AND IT WAS THE MOST HORRIFYG EXPERIENCE OF MY ENTIRE LIFE

Like Umberger, he had earlier vised gay bars the Hell's Kchen area, and postmortem toxilogy reports showed that while both men died of dg overdos, their blood also suggted they had been victims of spiked drks also known as beg "roofied. Five weeks apart, two gay men were killed hntgly siar circumstanc, although is spected that more than a dozen gay mal have already been the subject of siar attacks.

Both Jul Ramirez, 25, who vanished April, and John Umberger, 33, a polil strategist Washgton DC, were out havg fun on the cy's gay scene the night before they vanished. This same group of killers have dgged, robbed and murred untls young gay men New York, ” said Umberger’s mother Lda a late dner wh iends at Tao Downtown Chelsea, her son went alone to The Q NYC, a multi-story gay nightclub, where he last ed his cred rd at around three the morng on Saturday, May 28.

Share this article: New York Gang that preys on gay men has already killed two and robbed a dozen others. New York's gay muny appears to the target of a gang that lur s victims at nightlife hotspots before dggg and robbg them, often by g their own cellphon to dra their acunts. Two gay men have so far been killed eerily siar circumstanc jt five weeks apart, but more than a dozen are believed to have been targeted so far.

GANG THAT PREYS ON GAY MEN HAS KILLED TWO AND DGGED AND ROBBED A DOZEN OTHERS ALV BRAGG IMPEDG

Both John Umberger, 33, a Washgton, DC, polil nsultant who disappeared May and Jul Ramirez, 25, who vanished April had been out enjoyg a night out on the cy's gay scene before endg up ad the followg day.

MEMBER OF NYC GAY NIGHTCLUB ROBBERY GANG IS CHARGED WH THREE MORE MURRS

John Umberger, 33, a Washgton, DC polil nsultant was killed after leavg a New York Cy gay bar May Jul Ramirez, 25, a Brooklyn social worker, was killed after leavg a New York Cy gay bar April Detectiv are believed to have intified spects but no arrts or charg have been brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alv Bragg who has been acced of 'impedg' the vtigatn to the men's athsThe men's cellphon were both missg at the time their bodi were found and their bank acunts ntag tens of thoands of dollars had been emptied.

No warng has even been issued to the gay muny for people to be on the lookout for anythg spic when they're on a night out.

This same group of killers have dgged, robbed and murred untls young gay men New York, ' Lda Clary, Umberger's mom, told the New York Post.

THE BT GAY HOOK-UP SPOTS NYC

This same group of killers have dgged, robbed and murred untls young gay men New York, ' Lda Clary, Umberger's mom, pictured right Umberger’s cred rd was last ed at gay nightclub The Q NYC at 3am on May 28, 2022. 'Umberger had been on a night out on May 28 and vised The Q NYC, a gay nightclub featurg DJs, drag shows and stand-up edy across several had gone to the club alone followg dner wh iends at Tao Downtown Chelsea. Ramirez died om a dg overdose acrdg to toxilogy reports Secury footage, taken the early hours of April 21, shows Jul walkg away om the Rz Bar and Lounge, a gay dance club, wh three unknown menRerds show his cred rd was last ed at about 3am.

NYC OFFICIALS OUTRAGED OVER ANTI-GAY GANG TORTURE

This electn may be the last opportuny to hold my son's killers acuntable, ' she appears that Umberger was not the gang's first five weeks earlier, Ramirez, a social worker om Brooklyn, disappeared a siar was ught on a surveillance mera leavg gay club, The Rz Bar and Lounge, only two blocks om The Q, three men were spotted as Ramirez left the club on a Thursday night hour later, he was found ad the back of a taxi on the Lower East Si wh his phone and wallet were missg. ' Robert Dema, 34, turned himself to thori after ps disvered a vio of John Umberger's lifels body on his cellphoneJab Barroso, 30, and Jayqwan Haton, 35, are believed to have helped DemaBragg's office is also vtigatg a nnected pattern of robberi and dgggs at gay bars Hell's that se, prosecutors say, Robert Dema, 34, filmed victim John Umberger's body on his cellphone. Authori now say that Dema, as well as his acplic Jab Barroso, 30, and Jayqwan Haton, 35, fed lethal dg cktails to Umberger and Jul Ramirez, 25, when they were partyg at gay clubs Hell's Kchen separate stanc last crew is alleged to have stolen thoands of dollars om their victims at least 17 dg-duced robberi, which they would beiend an unwtg victims at major Manhattan clubs and knock them out wh a cktail of dgs that they would pass off as jt beg would then grab the victims' cellphon to electronilly transfer money om their bank acunts.

Dozens gathered the Wt Village Saturday night to "take back the night" agast crimals targetg the gay muny.

GANG INDICTED IN “ROOFIE” MURRS OF NYC GAY MEN

Police say that last weekend, the gang brought three men to a hoe on Osbourne Place, where they savagely sodomized and beat two of the victims, ag 17 and 30, for havg a gay relatnship.

Members of muny groups, led by Cy Council Speaker Christe Qun, marched through the Morris Heights sectn of the Bronx, handg out leaflets to spread awarens of the btal anti-gay attacks – and to urge rints to help fd the last at-large spect.

ALV BRAGG SILENT AS GANG OF KILLERS PREYS ON GAY MEN, LEAVG 2 AD AND A DOZEN ROBBED

Six members of a gang that preyed on gay men at Hell’s Kchen nightclubs have been dicted over the “roofie” murrs of John Umberger and Jul Ramirez last year. Both men were victims of homicis ed by “dg-facilated thefts, ” after leavg the Q NYC and Rz Bar and Lounge gay nightclubs, the ME found. A gang that preys on gay men at Hell’s Kchen nightclubs is spected of killg at least two victims and of dggg and robbg more than a dozen other men — but Manhattan District Attorney Alv Bragg’s office is impedg the vtigatn, law enforcement sourc say.

Saturday, May 28, at The Q NYC, a multistory gay nightclub at 795 Eighth Ave., where he had gone alone after a late dner wh iends at Tao Downtown Chelsea.

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

Five weeks earlier, siar circumstanc, Brooklyn social worker Jul Ramirez, 25, was ptured by a secury mera leavg the Rz Bar and Lounge, a gay club on Wt 46th Street, two blocks om The Q NYC, wh three unintified men around 3:17 a.

Earlier that night, Ramirez and a iend had vised two other Hell’s Kchen gay bars wh a half-e of The Q NYC and the Rz: Mickey Spillane’s and Rise Bar, both on Nth Avenue. “We need to stop this, ” says Clary, who believ the gang has killed other young men and will ntue to prey on New York’s gay muny.

An NYPD spokperson did not answer The Post’s qutns about the serial killgs of gay men, other than to say: “The vtigatns rema ongog, [and] the medil examer will terme the of ath. 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.

2 KILLED SPECTED RASH OF DGGGS AND ROBBERI N.Y.C. GAY NIGHTLIFE SCENE

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.

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.

3 GAY GANGS BEG “KNOWN”

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. 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.

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.

Detectiv lked all six spects to the aths of Jul Ramirez and John Umberger, who were targeted after leavg gay nightspots Manhattan’s Hell’s Kchen last year, police Ramirez, left, and John Umberger.

INDICTMENTS ARE HAND UP NNECTN WH NYC GAY BAR KILLGS, SOURC SAY

"They target their victims leavg bars, offerg dgs some s, then eher through force or when the victim pass out, they remove jewelry, money, high-end watch and phon om their victims, " Jam Essig, NYPD chief of tectiv, said at a prs briefg announcg the was officially charged wh two unts of send-gree murr, three unts of first-gree robbery, two unts of third-gree crimal posssn of a ntrolled substance, two unts of send-gree robbery, and two unts of send-gree unsolved murrs of two gay men spected of fallg prey to the same crew ma headl last month when the mother of one of the victims, Lda Clary, acced Manhattan district attorney Alv Bragg of draggg his feet brgg the murrers of her son, John Umberger, to jtice. Word needs to get out, pecially the gay muny, that they are targetg gay men, " Clary told the NY Post last month, later addg, "This same group of killers have dgged, robbed, and murred untls young gay men New York.

MAN CHARGED DEADLY NYC GAY BAR DGGGS; 2 SPECTS STILL AT LARGE

Another gay man, Brooklyn social worker Jul Ramirez, 25, was found ad the back of a taxi after he was dgged and robbed the area on April 21.

While at least two of the victims were gay, Essig said Allen and his alleged nspirators were opportunistic and did not target gay men bee of their sexual inti. The aths of Jul Ramirez, 25, and John Umberger, 33, are beg vtigated by the NYPD's homici un after both were allegedly dgged at popular gay bars and later found ad wh thoands of dollars whdrawn om their acunts, The New York Tim reported Saturday, while others have claimed to have survived siar experienc.

BRONX GANG CLAIM GAY REC TORTURE WAS FORCED BY LEAR

Sce Ramirez and Umberger's ath, New York Cy Council member Erik Bottcher and volunteers have passed out flyers Hell's Kchen, notifyg gay men of the spected dgggs and warng them to be "extra vigilant.

The aths e amid mountg homophobic stigma around Monkeypox, "groomer" rhetoric sparked by "Don't Say Gay" bills and the recent adly shootg at LGBTQ tablishment Club Q Colorado Sprgs, Colo., which killed five people and jured 18 others.

A Manhattan grand jury has dicted several spects nnectn wh the aths of two men who were dgged and killed separate cints followg viss to New York Cy gay bars last year, two law enforcement officials said Wednday. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office cled to ment, as did an NYPD spokman, cg the ongog Umberger and Jul Clary; Fay photoUmberger and Ramirez were both found ad after visg gay bars the cy’s lively Hell’s Kchen neighborhood last sprg.

SPECT NNECTED TO NYC GAY BAR KILLGS DICTED ON CHARG OF GRAND LARCENY AND INTY THEFT

It is unclear, however, if they were of gay men found ad after visg gay bars or whether they were nnected to the dicted spects. ”In the months followg the aths of Ramirez and Umberger, more gay New Yorkers stepped forward wh eerily siar acunts.

NYC LNCH PROGRAM TO RE-EXAME GAY BAR DGGG AND HOMICI S

NBC News has spoken wh several gay men who said they survived siar cints om December 2021 to October 2022, both before and after the aths of Ramirez and NYPD nfirmed mid-November that was vtigatg addnal acunts of grand larceny at other Manhattan gay bars that had siari to the Umberger and Ramirez s. C., were found ad separate cints after leavg gay bars Hell's Kchen 2022, both had thoands of dollars stolen om their acuntsThey died of a toxic dg batn, their topsi found; July, an acclaimed fashn signer was found ad her Manhattan apartment of another toxic nartic bo -- those three aths may be lked to two separate ongog overdose robbery patterns, law enforcement officials saySix spects have been dicted the first pattern; law enforcement officials say that crew is thought to be behd 17 robberi and the aths of Jul Ramirez and John Umberger; the send is thought to be rponsible for 26, cludg the ath of Kathryn Gallagher.