The final suspect wanted in a string of nearly 20 roofie robbings at nightclubs across the city — which led to two deaths — has been arrested, police sources said Tuesday.
Jayqwan Hamilton, the alleged ringleader of the crew, is expected to face felony murder charges as well as multiple counts of grand larceny, robbery and conspiracy in connection to 17 drugging incidents in the Big Apple between September 2021 and August 2022.
The alleged nefarious scheme to drug and rob their victims caused the deaths of two Hells Kitchen clubgoers, John Umberger, 33, and Julio Ramirez, 25, last year.
According to the city’s Medical Examiner, both died from “acute intoxication” from a mix of fentanyl, cocaine, ethanol and other drugs.
Hamilton was arrested Monday around 12 p.m. in Manhattan.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg — one day removed from getting ripped by the House Judiciary Committee over his progressive policies — is expected to announce the latest bust at a press conference Tuesday afternoon, along with Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell.
Police have already caught up to two of Hamilton’s alleged cronies, Robert Demaio, 34, of Brooklyn; and Jacob Barroso, 30, both of whom were indicted in early March.
Three others were charged in connection to the more than a dozen druggings but have not been connected to the fatal incidents, police sources said.
Ramirez, a social worker from Brooklyn was found dead in the back of a taxi on April 21, 2022, on the Lower East Side after leaving the Ritz Bar and Lounge, a gay club on West 46th Street, where security footage spotted him leaving with three men.
His phone and wallet were missing and nearly $20,000 was drained from his account using cash apps, such as Venmo and Paypal.
Four weeks later, Umberger, a DC political consultant, went missing after leaving The Q NYC, a gay nightclub at 795 Eighth Ave. He was found four days later on the fifth floor of an East 61st Street townhouse.
Like Ramirez, Umberger was robbed and about $25,000 was missing from his accounts.