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.

Brian Crossman Junior pleaded not guilty of murdering his father, stepmother, and teenage stepbrother last month in Rutland County, Vermont.

The triple homicide suspect accused of brutally murdering his father, stepmom, and stepbrother in Pawlet three weeks ago pleaded not guilty to all counts during his arraignment in a Rutland courtroom Thursday after he was extradited to Vermont from New York State late Wednesday.

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 New York man accused of killing three of his family members last month has been returned to Vermont to face a judge. Brian Crossman Jr. was extradited to Vermont on Wednesday and is currently in the custody of the Vermont Department of Corrections.

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.

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

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.

The man accused of a brutal triple murder of his own family in Vermont appeared in court Thursday afternoon, waiving his right to an extradition hearing.