{"id":172381,"date":"2026-04-22T01:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/172381\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T01:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:21:16","slug":"retired-ecso-chief-repays-the-county-as-part-of-settlement-in-hit-and-run-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/172381\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired ECSO Chief repays the county as part of settlement in hit-and-run case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) \u2014 Retired Erie County Sheriff\u2019s Office Chief of Narcotics D.J. Granville has repaid the county nearly $63,000 as part of a settlement tied to a series of hit-and-run crashes involving his county-owned vehicle, according to a document obtained by 7 News. The payment resolves a civil matter stemming from an incident in which <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/news\/local-news\/buffalo\/in-an-impaired-condition-erie-county-sheriffs-office-chief-named-in-hit-and-run-lawsuit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Granville crashed the truck into seven parked cars along several blocks on the West Side in April 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Granville\u2019s attorney mailed a check for $62,988.56 to the Erie County Attorney\u2019s Office, satisfying the amount the county sought to recover for damages related to the crash.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH: Retired Erie County Sheriff\u2019s Office Chief repays the county as part of settlement in hit-and-run case<\/p>\n<p>Retired Erie County Sheriff\u2019s Office Chief repays the county as part of settlement in hit-and-run case<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/news\/local-news\/granville-to-pay-erie-county-over-75-000-in-connection-with-hit-and-run-case\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">settlement agreement from December of 2025 required Granville to pay a total of $75,881<\/a> using a combination of vacation time and garnishment of wages. The agreement stipulated that if he was no longer employed by the county that he continue to make monthly payments or pay in full.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2025, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/news\/local-news\/ecso-chief-to-be-charged-in-connection-with-string-of-2024-hit-and-runs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Granville pleaded guilty to Reckless Driving and Leaving the Scene of a Property Damage Only Accident<\/a>.\u00a0He was sentenced to 50 hours of community service and nearly $700 in fines. The restitution agreement with the county then followed.<\/p>\n<p>Granville <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/news\/local-news\/ecso-chief-who-pleaded-guilty-after-series-of-hit-and-run-crashes-set-to-retire-at-the-end-of-march\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">retired from the Erie County Sheriff\u2019s Office on March 27 of this year<\/a>. His departure marked the end of a long career in local law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) \u2014 Retired Erie County Sheriff\u2019s Office Chief of Narcotics D.J. Granville has repaid the county&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-172381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}