The sex offender parolee suspected of setting fire to a Queens home and robbing and brutally murdering the elderly couple who lived there has been arrested.

Jamel McGriff, 42, who police have been seeking since the Monday double murder, was nabbed after he was spotted by sharp-eyed officers in Midtown, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced.

“He was spotted in Midtown Manhattan by eagle-eyed cops who didn’t hesitate before jumping into action. Thank you to the best detectives and the best cops in the world for their work tracking and apprehending this violent criminal,” Tisch said on X .

Police were tracking McGriff’s credit card usage and were pushing his photo out to every cop’s cell phone with each new purchase made, police sources said. McGriff used one of the victim’s cred

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