The ex-convict accused of torturing and killing an elderly couple in New York City was ordered Tuesday to stay locked up on Rikers Island, less than a week after prosecutors said he randomly preyed on the husband and wife before burning their house down as he left the residence.
Court records show Jamel McGriff appeared Tuesday night before a Queens County judge for the status hearing, days after he pleaded not guilty to the killings of Maureen and Frank Olton, 77 and 76. He was remanded back into custody and will return to court in October.
McGriff, 42, faces several murder, kidnapping, arson, robbery and burglary charges in what Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz called a “horrific double murder that has shocked our entire city.”…