Alleged Ringleader Arrested in Robberies That Killed 2 Gay Men
arrested last June for using Ramirez’s credit card to buy two pairs of Nike sneakers for $544.38 at an upscale store in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood — just hours after Ramirez’s dead body was discovered inside a cab on the city’s Lower East Side.
Prosecutors claim the group was also seen entering and leaving the townhouse where Umberger was staying on the night he was killed, and driving off in a red Dodge Durango, which had been rented to Demaio.
After police arrested Demaio, they found two videos on his phone showing him, Hamilton, and Umberger, who appeared to be unconscious, inside the townhouse, reports The New York Post.Appearing in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon, Hamilton pleaded not guilty to the indictment.
A judge ordered him held without bail until his next court appearance on June 8.Complicating matters, police have said that a number of different robbery crews have been targeting club-goers and drugging them using a scheme nearly identical to the one used by Hamilton’s crew.
