A man who allegedly murdered, robbed and set on fire an elderly Queens couple after they let him in their home under the guise of charging his phone is now in custody, the New York Police Department said. The suspect, 42-year-old Jamel McGriff, was taken into custody Wednesday evening near Times Square, according to the NYPD. Frank Olton, 76, was found on Monday tied to a pole in his basement suffering from multiple stab wounds, and his wife Maureen Olton, 77, was found on the house's first floor, severely burned, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference on Tuesday. The Oltons' son, a New York City Fire Department paramedic, was alerted to the fire by an alarm system and he responded to the house, police said. There's no known connection between the victims and the suspect

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