Man Sentenced to More Than 1 Year After Pleading Guilty to Felony Hit-and-Run for Walking Away from Granby Street Crash Captured on School-Zone Speed Cameras
NORFOLK, Va. — Gilley Nash Gilreath, 33, was sentenced last Friday, Nov. 7, to serve one year and four months in prison and to pay more than $13,000 in restitution to the victims of a 2024 three-car collision that he caused and fled from without offering any assistance.
On the afternoon of March 22, 2024, Mr. Gilreath was traveling north in the 7100 block of Granby Street in front of Granby High School when he rear-ended the car in front of him that had been braking and slowing down, subsequently causing that car to rear-end the car in front of it. All three vehicles were significantly damaged, and the victim who had been directly in front of Mr. Gilreath reported pain due to the collision. Rather than wait for police to arrive, Mr. Gilreath took some items from his vehicle and walked away in the direction of his residence without attempting to assist the people in front of him or exchanging insurance information. Granby High School school-zone speed cameras captured the crash and showed Mr. Gilreath leaving the scene, allowing police to identify Mr. Gilreath and arrest him.
On Aug. 7, 2025, Mr. Gilreath entered an agreement to plead guilty to felony hit-and-run, pay restitution in an amount to be determined by the judge after hearing arguments at sentencing, and face an active sentence at the discretion of the judge of no more than the midpoint of his state sentencing guidelines. In exchange for Mr. Gilreath’s guilty plea, the Commonwealth agreed to the dismissal of an additional misdemeanor related to this incident. Judge Jamilah D. LeCruise accepted Mr. Gilreath’s plea agreement and set his sentencing hearing on Nov. 7.
At Mr. Gilreath’s sentencing hearing, the Commonwealth argued that he should serve the one-year and eight-month sentence recommended at the midpoint of his guidelines, while his defense counsel argued for a lesser sentence near the low-end of the guidelines. After hearing the arguments, Judge LeCruise sentenced Mr. Gilreath to serve one year and four months in prison and suspended another two years and eight months on the conditions that Mr. Gilreath completes three years of uniform good behavior and pays $13,140 in restitution to the victims after his release.
“It is a crime to leave the scene of a car crash, regardless of who is at fault, because the law requires us to stay and offer help to people who may be injured,” said Commonwealth’s Attorney Ramin Fatehi. “By leaving the scene, Mr. Gilreath seriously compounded his problems and potentially endangered the health of others. I urge anyone involved in a crash to stay at the scene and cooperate with first responders. You could save a life.”
Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Victoria T. Vaccaro is prosecuting Mr. Gilreath’s case, and Norfolk Police Detective Thomas W. Bowen led the investigation.
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