NEW YORK \u2014 A suspect in the killing of a New York City couple in their 70s whose home was set on fire was taken into custody Wednesday, according to police.<\/p>\n
Jamel McGriff, a serial robbery suspect on parole, was spotted in midtown Manhattan by New York Police Department officers during an intensive search, Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on X.<\/p>\n
Police were able to track McGriff\u2019s whereabouts through the usage of the victims\u2019 credit cards. He was picked up at about 5:40 p.m. and charges had not been filed Wednesday evening, according to a police. <\/p>\n
\u201cThank you to the best detectives and the best cops in the world for their work tracking and apprehending this violent criminal,” Tisch wrote on X. <\/p>\n
The commissioner had previously called the crime a \u201chorrific double homicide, robbery and arson.\u201d <\/p>\n
Frank Olton, 76, and Maureen Olton, 77, were found dead around 3:30 p.m. Monday, about 20 minutes after surveillance video showed McGriff walking near their home in Queens. The couple\u2019s son, a fire department EMT, called 911 after being alerted to the fire by the couple\u2019s alarm monitoring service. Frank Olton was tied to a pole and stabbed, while Maureen Olton\u2019s body was severely burned, according to police.<\/p>\n
Tisch said at a news conference Tuesday that McGriff was going door-to-door in Queens’ Bellerose neighborhood asking if he could come in and charge his cellphone. Video showed McGriff approaching the Oltons\u2019 home around 10:18 a.m. and talking with Frank Olton. He entered the home through a rear door and remained there for nearly five hours.<\/p>\n
Police say McGriff was on parole after serving 16 years in prison for a robbery conviction. He also is wanted for two recent robberies in Manhattan.<\/p>\n
McGriff also failed last year to register as a sex offender, Tisch said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2014 A suspect in the killing of a New York City couple in their 70s whose…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":216959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,51353,4219,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,10190],"class_list":{"0":"post-216958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ap-a-wire","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkcity","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa","23":"tag-wires-bot"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115183080190770947","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}