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A 26-year-old man from Hazel Crest has been charged with first-degree murder and robbery in the beating death of a hearing-impaired man in Evanston, authorities announced today. Police say $10 was taken from the victim.
Brandon Lee Allen Hinton, of the 17000 block of Stonebridge Drive, is charged with robbing and killing John Costulas, 61, of the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago, police said.
Costulas was found Sept. 2 in the 500 block of Howard Street. He’d been struck in the head and robbed, police said. He died a week later, police said.
Hinton appeared for a bond hearing this morning at the Skokie Branch Courthouse of Cook County Circuit Court, where he was ordered held without bail.
