A public police-transparency listing maintained by OpenOversight VA identifies Dakota Grizzel, listed with the Russell County Sheriff’s Office, in connection with a civil court matter titled Geico Secure Insurance v. Fields, Tiffany / Grizzel, Dakota.
The available public listing is limited. It identifies the case number as CL23000822-00, the court as 167C, and the filing nature as “Compromise Settlement (Injury/Wrongful Death)”. The listing says the case was filed on September 11, 2023, terminated on December 13, 2023, had a disposition of “Other”, and lists judgment as “Plaintiff.” OpenOversight VA lists the plaintiff as Geico Secure Insurance and the defendants as Tiffany Fields / Dakota Grizzel.
OpenOversight VA also links Dakota Grizzel to the Russell County Sheriff’s Office. The officer profile lists Grizzel’s department as Russell County Sheriff’s Office, job title as Deputy, badge number 34, unit Road, and states that Grizzel is not currently employed by that agency.
Source Basis
This story is based on one substantive public source: OpenOversight VA’s listing for CL23000822-00 – Geico Secure Insurance v. Fields, Tiffany / Grizzel, Dakota, along with OpenOversight VA’s related Dakota Grizzel officer profile and Russell County Sheriff’s Office agency page. The Virginia court system’s general case-information page explains that online civil and criminal case information may be searched through court case-information systems, but the public source located for this story did not provide an external court-document link for this specific case. See the Virginia court system’s Case Status and Information page.
Allegations
No underlying allegations are described in the public listing located for this story. The listing shows only the case caption, filing nature, parties, dates, disposition, judgment field, department, and officer association. Because the source does not describe the underlying incident, this story does not state that Grizzel committed misconduct or caused an injury or death.
Reports
No police report, crash report, incident narrative, insurance narrative, or news report describing the facts behind the case was located in the public sources reviewed for this story. The September 11, 2023 date is the listed filing date, not a confirmed incident date.
Charges
No criminal charge against Dakota Grizzel was located in the public source used for this story.
Convictions
No conviction of Dakota Grizzel was located in the public source used for this story.
Lawsuits
OpenOversight VA lists a civil matter titled Geico Secure Insurance v. Fields, Tiffany / Grizzel, Dakota, case number CL23000822-00. The listing classifies the filing nature as “Compromise Settlement (Injury/Wrongful Death)”, lists the filed date as September 11, 2023, and lists the termination date as December 13, 2023.
Official Statements
No official statement from the Russell County Sheriff’s Office, Dakota Grizzel, GEICO Secure Insurance, or the court was located in the public source used for this story.
Uncorroborated Claims
No uncorroborated factual claims are included here. The available record does not explain what happened, who was injured, whether anyone died, whether the matter involved an on-duty law-enforcement event, or whether Grizzel admitted liability. Those details should not be assumed from the limited listing.
