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Alleged Queens prostitute tied to three deadly ODs at hotels
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
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An alleged prostitute from Queens has
been arrested for her alleged role in causing
three fatal drug overdoses throughout
the borough this summer — including the
death of an Elmhurst chef who went missing
last week.
Angelina Barini, 41, was charged on
Aug. 26 with conspiracy to distribute
and possess with intent to distribute one
or more substances containing fentanyl.
She was arraigned on Monday at U.S.
District Court in Brooklyn and remanded
to custody.
Law enforcement agents had tied Barini
— who sources familiar with the investigation
say her last known residence is in
Rego Park — to three lethal drug overdoses
that occurred in Queens hotel rooms
between July and August of this year.
During the investigation, they established
that Barini allegedly worked with others
to distribute narcotics to multiple clients
and would occasionally rob the victims
aft er they were incapacitated by
the drugs.
Barini is allegedly
linked to the death of
Andrea Zamperoni,
33, who was
found inside
the Kamway
Lodge, located
at 40-36 77th
St. in Elmhurst,
on Aug. 21.
Zamperoni had
been officially
reported missing
on Aug. 19.
Federal prosecutors
said that Barini
and her associates seemed
willing to go to great lengths
to try and cover up Zamperoni’s death.
When investigators entered the hotel
room where he was found, they discovered
bedsheets drenched in bleach, a
power saw and an empty suitcase.
Th e fi rst death occurred at the Airway
Inn at LaGuardia, located at 82-20 Astoria
Blvd., where a man was found dead in a
room at around 11:30 a.m. on July 4. Th e
medical examiner determined that the
victim’s cause of death was acute intoxication
due to the combined eff ects of alcohol,
methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl.
Video surveillance footage allegedly
shows a woman, who appeared to be
Barini, enter the
premises at 9:34
a.m. that day, federal
prosecutors said.
Angelina Barini
(Photo via Facebook)
Th e second death occurred
on July 11 at the Crown Motor Inn, located
at 74-01 Queens Blvd., where a man
was found dead inside of a room. Video
surveillance footage allegedly shows
Barini enter the motel prior to the victim’s
death. Th e medical examiner found
the the victim’s death was caused by fentanyl
intoxication.
Regarding the Zamperoni case, police
went to the Kamway Lodge at 8:30 p.m.
on Aug. 21 and knocked on the door,
where Barini allegedly opened the door
and shut it quickly.
According to federal prosecutors,
police allegedly heard what sounded like
moving around and, when Barini opened
the door, smelled the odors of burning
incense and human decay.
Once inside the room, law enforcement
sources said, offi cers observed bedsheets
stuff ed inside a garbage can, and a human
foot sticking out of the bed linens. Barini
allegedly told police that she did not do it,
and blamed her pimp.
Medical personnel entered the room
and found Zamperoni and declared him
dead at the scene. Th e medical examiner
will determine the cause of death.
While in the room, the NYPD found
cellphones, clothing, a glass pipe and a
credit card with Zamperoni’s name on it.
Video surveillance from the Kamway
Lodge allegedly shows Barini entered
the establishment with a man matching
Zamperoni’s description at 4:58 a.m.
on Aug. 18. Barini was seen leaving the
Kamway Lodge at 1:30 p.m. that day
to retrieve a garbage can, and was seen
coming and going with other individuals
between Aug. 18 and Aug. 21, however
the victim was not seen leaving.
Barini was interviewed by police on
Photo by Robert Stridiron
Aug. 21, where she allegedly admitted to
being a prostitute and that Zamperoni
had paid for her services on Aug. 18. She
allegedly told police that Zamperoni did
not wake up and was bleeding from his
nose and mouth, and that her pimp would
not let her call police.
She initially denied that she or her
pimp gave the victim drugs, but later, she
allegedly admitted that her pimp gave the
victim liquid ecstasy.
A search of the room later found a purple
liquid in a glass with powder at the top of
the liquid and around the rim, glass pipes
for smoking narcotics, bottles of bleach
and bleach-covered towels, electronics, a
power saw and an empty suitcase.
Barini allegedly told investigators that
she had heard her pimp and several associates
discuss cutting Zamperoni’s body
up.
Finally, Barini allegedly admitted to
participating in the July 11 death, stating
in sum and substance that she gave
the victim cocaine, and that he did two or
three lines of the drug.
Photo via Facebook
Angelina Barini
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