Jayqwan Hamilton, 37, Robert DeMaio, 36, and Jacob Barroso, 32 were all convicted of at least one murder after the 2022 deaths of Julio Ramirez and John Umberger.

Only one defense witness was called by counsel for Demaio. A man who knew John Umberger, James Czekai, told the court how he had met the victim on a social media app. They had hung out at Czekai ...

The drugging led to the deaths of 25-year-old Julio Cesar Ramirez in April 2022 and 33-year-old John Umberger in May 2022, authorities have said. The three men targeted Ramirez, a social worker ...

The 2022 deaths of Julio Ramirez, a 25-year-old social worker, and John Umberger, a 33-year-old political consultant, were the result of “drug-facilitated thefts" and homicides, according to the ...

Two men — 25-year-old Julio Ramirez and 33-year-old John Umberger — died as part of the long-running robbery scheme. The trio had been accused of preying on people out enjoying Manhattan's ...