NYC man arrested for killing, burning elderly NYC couple inside their home told cops, ‘I don’t give a f–k’***“I’ll admit it. I killed them,”

Career criminal Jamel McGriff, 42, allegedly made the admission to police when he was arrested on Sept. 10, two days after the home invasion robbery and arson

“I don’t give a f–k. I killed them. I burnt the n—as. I molested them,” McGriff allegedly told police

Admission was captured on bodycam footage when McGriff was arrested for allegedly torturing and killing Frank Olton, 76, and Maureen Olton, 77, inside their home in Bellerose, Queens

Suspect was tripped because he immediately went on a shopping spree with the murdered couple’s credit card

McGriff who has 11 prior convictions, including four for violent felonies, was paroled in 2023 after serving 17 of a 20-year sentence for armed robbery and sex crimes

He is held without bail on 18 charges, including murder, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, arson and identity theft related to the death of the Olton murders

Convicted sex offender Jamel McGriff, [photo], is charged with the double-homicide of an elderly New York couple Maureen and Frank Olton who were tortured, killed and their home in Bellerose, Queens, set on fire by the killer

The ex-convict who murdered an elderly Queens couple inside their own home, before setting it on fire, showing no remorse admitted to the crime, adding that he molested his victims.
“I’ll admit it. I killed them,” repeat criminal Jamel McGriff told police after his arrest on September 10, according to prosecutors.
“I don’t give a f–k. I killed them. I burnt the n—as. I molested them,” he said.
The confession by 42-year-old McGriff was recorded on police bodycam when he was arrested, two days after he allegedly tortured and killed Frank and Maureen Olton during a home invasion in the Bellerose section of Queens, New York, after which he immediately proceeded on a shopping spree with stolen money.

Frank and Maureen Olton [photo], were tortured in their Queens home before they were brutally murdered on Monday September 8. Ex-con Jamal McGriff who allegedly admitted to the crime to police, was arrested for double-homicide and arson

At the time McGriff killed the couple, he was on the streets cutesy of a free a pass on a sex offender registry violation, officials confirmed.
The convicted sex offender was out of prison for more than a year when New York City’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision was notified by police that he failed to register his address as required on the registry in 2024.
Instead of being sanctioned for parole violation, McGriff was allowed to walk free until he was arrested on September for the shocking double murder of Frank and Maureen Olton inside their home in Bellerose, Queens, two days prior.
The elderly couple had been found bound, stabbed. One was still alive when their tormentor set their home on fire after five hours of terror inflicted by the repeat offender.

Jamel McGriff [photo], appeared in court on Thursday night. He allegedly, admitted to the home invasion and murders to cops when he was arrested. He was tripped when he went to Macy’s and spent $500 on clothing with the couple’s credit card, while registering a bonus points card in his own name

Wearing a white painter’s outfit, McGriff, 42, appearing in court on Thursday night blithely stared ahead as prosecutors recounted the sickening details of the crime to a Queens courtroom Thursday night.
including the horrific detail that Maureen Olton was still alive when McGriff allegedly set fire to the couple’s home on Monday September 8.
Her body was “unrecognizable” from the burns, Assistant District Attorney John Esposito told the court, The 77-year-old home owner suffered thermal burns, a fractured larynx, a possible sign of strangulation, and “soot in her trachea.”
Her husband Frank Olton, 76, had been tied to a pole in the basement before he was stabbed several times, which proved fatal.

Double-homicide suspect Jamel McGriff was arrested Wednesday after police tracked him to New York’s Times Square, as he was about town spending on the credit card of the couple he killed two days earlier

Prosecutors said McGriff set fire to the slain man’s chest before igniting an inferno upstairs.
The sadistic killer, who was inside the home for about five hours, allegedly then went straight to Macy’s and bought $500 worth of clothing on the couple’s credit card, while registering a bonus points card in his own name.
He also pawned off two of their cellphones for cash, Assistant DA Esposito said.
McGriff next took the pleasure of visiting the Regal Union Square movie theater to watch “Light of the World”, a 2-D animated story of Jesus, also on the murdered couple’s credit card.
NYPD officers using surveillance footage from the movie theater, tracked him to Times Square later that day and placed him into custody.

Jamel McGriff allegedly admitted to police that he “killed” and “molested” the couple. Then he allegedly set fire to the upstairs of the couple’s home

Prosecutors who believe the brutal home invasion was “random”, introduced video footage showing the moment the alleged killer saw Frank Olton. The 76-year-old was in his yard fiddling with his car around 10 a.m. Monday.
McGriff had already approached several other homes in the area under the guise of needing a phone charger, but had been rejected, authorities said. Frank Olton similarly rebuffed McGriff’s request.
However, the convicted sex offender followed Olton through the home’s back door and forced his way into the home. In the footage Olton is heard telling the intruder, “Get the f–k out.”

After his pretense of needing a phone charger was rebuffed by Frank Olton the homeowner, Jamal McGriff was captured on surveillance video following Olton to the backdoor and forcibly entering the home on Monday morning

EMTs from the NYC coroner’s office bring out a body from the home of Maureen and Frank Olton in Queens, NY, after the killings and arson

The charred ruins [photo], of the couple’s home. Maureen Olton’s body was “unrecognizable” from the burns, prosecutors said in court

McGriff did not emerge from the home again for another five hours, prosecutors said.
The alleged killer has 11 prior convictions, including four for violent felonies, prosecutors said.
McGriff was on parole following his release from prison in 2023 after serving 17 years of a 20-year sentence for armed robbery and sex crimes.
He was out of prison for more than a year when the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision received word from the NYPD that the career criminal failed to register his address as required on the sex offender registry in 2024. Instead of being slapped with parole violation, the parolee was allowed to walk free until he was arrested for double-homicide.
The suspect was ordered to be held without bail on 18 charges, including murder, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, arson and identity theft related to the shocking slayings.