Suspect in NYC Gay Bar Drugging Scheme Arrested on Murder Charges

Jacob Barroso, a 30-year-old man from Connecticut, has been arrested and charged with murder, robbery, grand larceny, and identity theft in connection with a series of killings and robberies at Manhattan gay bars that have terrorized the city’s LGBTQ community. Barroso is the third person to be charged in connection with the robberies and the first to be charged with murder. The victims were typically intoxicated men who were robbed of their cellphones, and the perpetrators then used the cellphones to transfer large amounts of money into their own bank accounts. The crimes have had a singular impact on the city’s tightknit LGBTQ community, whose members tend to frequent a relatively small number of bars whose names are often known throughout the city.