"Jamel McGriff, a serial robbery suspect on parole, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to multiple counts of murder, kidnapping and arson, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz's office. The 42-year-old Bronx resident is charged in the Sept. 8 killings of Frank Olton, 76, and Maureen Olton, 77, in their home in the New York City borough of Queens. Prosecutors say McGriff had been going door-to-door asking residents if he could come in to charge his cellphone."
"Firefighters responding to a report of a house fire found Frank Olton's body in the basement tied to a pole and with multiple stab wounds to his neck and chest. Maureen Olton's badly burned body was found in the living room. Prosecutors in court Tuesday said McGriff had set the house on fire in an attempt to destroy evidence of the killings, the Daily News reports. They said Maureen Olton appears to have been tied to a chair and strangled to death."
Jamel McGriff, 42, of the Bronx, pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of murder, kidnapping and arson in the Sept. 8 fatal attack on Frank Olton, 76, and Maureen Olton, 77, in Queens. McGriff, a serial robbery suspect on parole, gained entry after asking to charge his cellphone and remained inside for nearly five hours. Frank Olton was found tied to a pole with multiple stab wounds in the basement; Maureen Olton was found badly burned and appears to have been tied and strangled. McGriff attempted to transfer more than $10,000 from the couple’s accounts, used their credit cards to spend nearly $800, and was arrested the following day. He faces a possible sentence of life without parole and was ordered held until his next court date.
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