BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Erie County District Attorney’s Office has added Erie County Sheriff Narcotics and Intelligence Chief Daniel “D.J.” Granville to its database of police officers with credibility issues.
The move could affect Granville’s ability to testify and will create a hurdle that prosecutors must overcome in order to build effective cases against illegal drug trafficking networks.
The DA’s office acknowledged that it comes as a result of 2 On Your Side reporting on a pending federal court case in which key evidence seized from a Buffalo home associated with an alleged drug dealer was thrown out of court after Granville and other members of his narco unit were caught on video allegedly staging evidence, conducting illegal searches, and misleading a judge…