An Upstate New York man accused of killing his father, stepmother and teen stepbrother last month in Vermont pleaded not guilty Thursday and was ordered held without bail.

The suspect arrested in a gruesome triple murder last month in Rutland County pleaded not guilty in Vermont Thursday after being extradited from New York.

A judge has ordered a New York man charged with killing his father, stepmother and stepbrother in Vermont held without bail.

He is charged with three counts of aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of Pawlet Selectboard member Brian Crossman Sr., Erica Pawlusiak Crossman and 13-year-old Colin Taft, whose bodies were found in their home September 15.

The Washington County man accused of killing his father, stepmother and stepbrother will continue to be held without bail after pleading not guilty.  Brian Crossman Jr. 22, of Granville, appeared virtually in Vermont Superior Court in Rutland on Thursday.

Pawlet triple homicide suspect Brian Crossman Jr., of Granville, New York, was extradited to Vermont on Wednesday. The 22-year-old was extradited on a warrant that charged him with three counts of aggravated murder following the deaths of his family members.