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Suspects Arrested in Connection With Deaths of Men Who Were Drugged, Beaten at Gay Nightclubs

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with a pair of men who died after being drugged and assaulted at gay nightclubs in New York City, according to the NYPD.

A third suspect remains at large, according to police.

Police arrested Jacob Barroso, 30, on Saturday and charged him with murder, robbery, identity theft, grand larceny and conspiracy, the NYPD told ABC News. Robert DeMaio, 34, turned himself in to police alongside his lawyer Monday morning, police said.

Barroso and DeMaio are accused by police of being connected to the deaths of John Umberger and Julio Ramirez. Their deaths were ruled as homicides after they were given fentanyl-laced drugs, police said.

Read the source article at abcnews.go.com

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