Jayqwan Hamilton, Robert DeMaio, and Jacob Barroso were convicted of drugging and robbing five men, leading to two fatalities, John Umberger and Julio Ramirez, in 2022. The trio lured the victims in nightlife settings, administering fentanyl-laced substances causing acute intoxication. Despite defense claims of innocence regarding murder, the prosecution successfully demonstrated through solid evidence their direct involvement in the crimes. Closing arguments brought forward critical questions about the improbability of their narrative, as emphasized by Assistant District Attorney Meghan Hast during the trial.
"Did these men just happen upon people who took fentanyl on five different occasions? The idea that all this was accidental and that they simply profited from it - making them guilty of petit larceny - is the definition of an outlandish theory."
"The city medical examiner later said both victims died from 'acute intoxication' stemming from a mix of fentanyl, cocaine, ethanol and other drugs."
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