LAKE FOREST PARK, Wash. — On Aug. 27, 2025, the Lake Forest Park infraction calendar hearing officer found four people failed to appear, defaulted their infractions and imposed penalties; reduced one defendant's penalty to $75; and reset a separate case to reissue notice after discovering a missing apartment number on the original mailing.

The hearing officer opened the session by noting the calendar contained cases originally set for the Jan. 30 calendar and that notices had been sent to the addresses on the hearing requests. The officer said, “Find the FTA, default the infraction, and impose the penalty,” when addressing several no-shows, using the court’s shorthand for “failure to appear.”

Votes at a glance

- Brian Berg (docket no. 250229450): hearing officer found failure to appear, defaulted the infraction and imposed the penalty (default entered).
- Salome Dual Emer Emerana Ashby (docket no. 250232504): failure to appear; infraction defaulted and penalty imposed.
- Momo Fisseroo (docket no. 7250247676): failure to appear; infraction defaulted and penalty imposed.
- Alice Hazleton (docket no. 250233726): notice properly mailed; failure to appear; infraction defaulted and penalty imposed.
- Jakara Grama (docket no. 2250208017): requested a reduction rather than a contested hearing; the hearing officer reduced the first violation penalty to $75.
- Ronald Neff (docket no. 580245573): case reset for reissuance of notice after the officer identified that the original mailing lacked an apartment number (apartment 701); the officer directed staff to place the matter on the next available calendar and reissue notice.

The hearing officer said notices had been mailed to the addresses provided on the hearing requests and that several defendants did not respond or appear. In Jakara Grama’s case, the officer noted a handwritten statement asking for a reduction and ruled on the request, reducing the first violation’s penalty to $75. For Ronald Neff, the officer ordered the case reset because the original notice did not include the apartment number (701) and instructed that a new notice be mailed and the matter scheduled on the next available calendar.

The hearing concluded after the officer entered the defaults, the reduction and the reset. The officer announced that was everything on the calendar and adjourned the session.