PALM BAY, Fla. – A Brevard County grand jury indicted a man for first-degree murder in the death a 69-year-old man in Palm Bay last month.
Justin Giambanco, 31, is accused of killing Paul Black, 69, in his Palm Bay home in late April.
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Police said Giambanco’s cell phone was found under Black’s body.
Giambanco had already been arrested by Melbourne police that day for an unrelated burglary. Police said a firearm and other property belonging to Black was found in Giambanco’s car at the time of his arrest.
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Black’s son told News 6 that he did not believe Black and Giambanco knew each other.
Palm Bay police at the time of Giambanco’s arrest called him a violent repeat offender who preyed on Brevard County residents even while out on bond for other crimes.
Giambanco was originally facing a second-degree murder charge, but he was indicted by the grand jury on a first-degree murder charge instead, along with charges of armed burglary of a dwelling, false imprisonment, grand theft firearm and petit theft.
Giambanco is in jail without bond.
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