Michael Foster, the 58-year-old Jamaican man accused of the fatal shooting of his niece, Julia Anderson, in the Bronx, New York, over a property dispute, was ordered held in custody without bail when he appeared in court.

Foster was arraigned on Thursday, where Bronx Assistant District Attorney Burim Namani told the court that the killing of Anderson was not Foster's first brush with the law.

"What's of note is that the defendant has previously been convicted of manslaughter, for which he served a significant amount of time," Namani told the court.