The deranged career criminal busted in the slaying of an elderly Queens couple ludicrously ranted that the two victims were “child molesters” as he was slapped with 16 murder charges Thursday.
Motormouth Jamel McGriff, 42, spewed vile nonsense as he was led in handcuffs out of an NYPD stationhouse by detectives on his way to court – a day after he took in a religious children’s film in a Manhattan movie theater using his victims’ credit cards ultimately leading to his arrest.
“Both of them were child molesters, they were molesting little kids,” an angry McGriff, who is a sex offender, wildly and baselessly claimed as reporters asked him about the crime as grieving community members confronted the captured sicko at the 107th Precinct in Queens.
McGriff was escorted out of the 107th Precinct in handcuffs on Thursday afternoon. Brigitte Stelzer
As he was led out in handcuffs, the 42-year-old made baseless, vile claims that the elderly couple he allegedly torched to death “were child molesters.” Brigitte Stelzer“Get your facts straight,” the rambling wacko, who has a long rap sheet, sneered as he was tossed into a police car.
About 10 community members gathered to heckle McGriff, who allegedly stabbed and torched Frank and Maureen Olton inside their modest Bellerose house Monday.
“F–k you!” one woman shouted back at a ranting McGriff. “Someone should burn you alive.”
McGriff, a parolee who served more than 16 years behind bars before his release in 2023, was hit with a lundry list of charges tied to the Olton killings Thursday.
The vicious murders set off a high-profile manhunt as NYPD leaders plastered McGriff’s face across the city.
The victims’ Queens home was set on fire after McGriff tortured the elderly couple. Dennis A. Clark
McGriff was captured entering the Queens home. NYPDBefore his capture, he went to the Regal movie theater in Union Square, where he watched “Light of the World,” law enforcement sources said.
The flick is a 2-D animated story of Jesus that is told through the perspective of his pal, the Apostle John, according to the movie’s website.
The movie opened on Sept. 5.
McGriff was expected to be arraigned in Queens criminal court late Thursday on criminal charges including 16 counts of murder, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, arson and identity theft related to the shocking slayings.
He is facing 16 counts of murder because of allegedly killing the couple while in the process of committing other crimes.
Additional reporting by Amanda Woods.
