A West Virginia man has been sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, plus an additional 30 years in prison, for the 2018 shooting deaths of two people in Burtonsville.
On Friday, November 6, 2026, Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge David Lease sentenced Gregory Jones, 32, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, in connection with the murders of Ashley Dickinson and Joshua Frazier in February 2018.
Jones was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and multiple firearm charges.
The case was initially tried in December 2021, when Jones was convicted and sentenced to two life sentences without parole. However, that conviction was overturned on appeal, requiring prosecutors to retry the case. A Montgomery County jury subsequently found Jones guilty again.
“This was a vicious, execution-style double murder. Our hearts are with the families of Ashley Dickinson and Joshua Frazier who have had to endure not one, but two trials,” Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said following the second conviction.
Judge Lease ordered the new sentence to run consecutively to any other sentence Jones is serving. In 2022, Jones was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a separate home invasion and robbery case.
Assistant State’s Attorneys Kimberly Cissel and Ashley Inderfurth prosecuted the double murder case.
Gregory Jones
