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Lakewood Municipal Court reports rising caseloads, highlights veterans and community courts
Summary
Municipal Court Judge Tim Lewis updated council on caseload volumes, probation services, veterans treatment and community court programs, and indigent-defense contribution practices; he noted rising traffic infractions and substantial domestic‑violence and DUI caseloads.
Judge Tim Lewis gave the Lakewood City Council an update on municipal-court operations and caseload statistics at the Aug. 18 meeting, describing steady increases in some case categories and outlining the court’s therapeutic programs and probation services.
Judge Lewis told the council that through July 2025 the court had received 1,345 criminal filings in the calendar year. Reviewing 2024 totals, he said the municipal court handled 34,542 total cases in 2024, of which 32,183 were traffic infractions; about 27,000 of those were photo-issued infractions, with roughly one-third of photo violations coming from the city of DuPont.
The judge emphasized two…
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