FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Hartford, CT) – Sharmese L. Walcott, Hartford Judicial District State’s Attorney, announced today that after a lengthy trial, a Superior Court jury found Gregory Crichlow, age 24, of Springfield, Mass., guilty of two counts of Murder in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53a-54a and one count of Murder with Special Circumstances in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53a-54b(7), for causing the deaths of Gregory Scott, Jr., age 24, and Jennifer Hicks, age 20, both of Massachusetts, in Manchester in 2020. The Honorable Nuala Droney presided over the trial.
According to evidence introduced at trial, in the early morning hours of August 2, 2020, the Manchester Police Department received two 911 calls reporting a shooting in the Buckland Hills commuter lot. Upon investigation, police determined that there had been a gathering of vehicles in the parking lot to attend illegal car “races” which took place in the area. Witnesses described a truck that had parked next to the vehicle that Scott was driving. Crichlow got out of the truck, approached the vehicle Scott was in, and shot into the vehicle, fatally striking Scott and Hicks, who was seated in the back. Testimony showed that a witness had seen the truck earlier that day at a gas station. Investigators obtained video footage from that gas station and linked it to Crichlow.
This case was prosecuted by Hartford State’s Attorney’s Office Assistant State’s Attorney Samantha Magnani in collaboration with Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney John F. Fahey, supervisor of the Cold Case Unit of the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, current Certified Legal Intern and 2024 DCJ Fellow Olivia Jones, with the assistance of Supervisory Inspector Emory Hightower, Supervisory Inspector Michael Sheldon, Inspectors Douglas Jowett, Elisa Tuozzoli, and Edwin Rodriguez, Paralegal Specialists Kelly De La Cruz, Suzanne Colley, and Antoine Campbell.
State's Attorney Walcott would like to thank Connecticut State Police Detective Michael Grabowski and Deputy Sheriff Dan Iozzi of the Hampden County Sheriff's Office for their work on the case from investigation through trial.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 26, 2024, in Hartford Superior Court.