Judge sets bench trial for Maverick Esco, schedules pretrial in September

Judge Jennifer Grant set a bench trial and an intervening pretrial for Maverick Esco during the Lake Forest Park afternoon readiness calendar held July 30, 2025. Esco waived a jury trial and asked to commence the speedy-trial period, which the court recorded as expiring Oct. 28, 2025.

The court took Esco’s electronic signature on the jury-waiver and speedy-trial documents and confirmed he had authorized counsel to apply his signature. Grant said she found Esco’s waivers knowing and voluntary and set a bench trial for Sept. 17, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.; she also set an intervening pretrial for Sept. 2, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.

Sarah Roberts, prosecutor for the city of Lake Forest Park, asked whether the parties wanted an intervening pretrial; defense counsel indicated a likely early-September pretrial and confirmed Sept. 2 would work. The judge told Esco he would receive court paperwork in the mail and asked that he keep the court informed of any change of address.

No motions were decided beyond the scheduling orders the court entered. The court advised Esco that the bench-trial date and the dates for pretrial are the deadlines established on the record and that related motions should be noted before those dates.