Arrests Made in Connection to Drugging Murders and Robberies at Manhattan Gay Bars.
Three men have been charged with murder and robbery in connection with a series of fatal druggings at Manhattan gay bars that killed two people and have spread fear through the city’s L.G.B.T.Q. community. The incidents, which occurred last year, have terrorized nightlife goers as the industry rebounds from the pandemic. The crimes were carried out by a crew of attackers who preyed on people in Hell’s Kitchen, a gay nightlife district in Midtown Manhattan, slipping drugs to unsuspecting bar patrons and then leading them to a second location, sometimes their own homes, to rob them.