Two men drove from Phoenix to Chicago to rob a family friend of one of them, then killed him in his Albany Park home and spent the proceeds on drugs, according to prosecutors.



Michael Bembea, 24, and Elijah Timatyos, 23, are charged with first-degree murder and home invasion in last month's killing of Allen R. Levin, 71, at his home in the 4800 block of North Ridgeway Avenue, according to prosecutors and court records.



Authorities said a third attacker was involved, but it was not known if he has been arrested.



Levin was a friend of Bembea's family and had given money to him and his family, prosecutors said. Bembea and another person, both living in Phoenix temporarily, talked about robbing Levin because they were having financial difficulties, according to Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Brian Whang.



Bembea and the other person drove to Chicago in a white Honda Civic but were stopped on the way by an officer in Wheeler County, Texas, who recorded the traffic stop on video, prosecutors said.



When Bembea and the other person got to Chicago, they stayed with someone else and again talked about robbing Levin, prosecutors said. Sometime on Jan. 24 or 25, Bembea, Timatyos and the third person drove to Levin's home, with the Honda Civic caught on surveillance video circling the block, prosecutors said.



At the home, Bembea forced open the back door, and Timatyos and the other person stayed outside, waiting for him to let them in, prosecutors said.



Before he let the other two inside, Bembea pushed Levin down a flight of stairs, prosecutors said. Timatyos and the other person heard Levin fall and heard him ask Bembea "why he was doing this to him," prosecutors said.



When Bembea let the other two in, the third person covered Levin's mouth to try to suffocate him. Bembea stomped on Levin's back, severing his spine, while the other person kicked Levin in the head, prosecutors said.



The three attackers tried to clean up blood and fingerprints from the home and wrapped Levin's body in a blanket, prosecutors said. They stole coins, cash and jewelry from the home.



The three went to a motel on Lincoln Avenue, where they rented a room, then bought cocaine and marijuana, prosecutors said. Surveillance video shows Bembea and Timatyos at the motel.



The next day, the three drove back to Phoenix, prosecutors said.



Police were called to Levin's home about 2 p.m. Jan. 27 and found him lying on the dining room floor, wrapped in a blanket, prosecutors said. Police said he was found with head, neck and body trauma, and an autopsy determined he died of multiple injuries in an assault.



Bembea and Timatyos were arrested Feb. 4 by Phoenix police and made statements incriminating themselves in the killing, prosecutors said. Bembea admitted he broke into Levin's home, then stomped and beat him.



Bembea and Timatyos were ordered held without bail in a hearing Monday before Cook County Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr.