Lake Forest Park infraction calendar: multiple drivers receive reduced fines or deferred findings

Judge Jennifer Grant handled a full afternoon of mitigation and contested infraction hearings on July 28, reducing penalties or offering deferred findings in several cases involving photo enforcement, school-zone speeding and one contested registration matter.

Several people appearing on the court’s 1:30 and 2:30 calendars received penalty reductions or deferred-finding offers after explaining circumstances to the court.

- Serena Kacovas (case 250218537): cited for driving 30 in a 20 mph school zone. The judge reduced the monetary penalty to $85.

- Munee Alokalani (case 5A0520248): cited for speeding (14 mph over). Grant found the defendant eligible for a deferred finding (continuance for six months) with a $175 administrative fee; the court allowed time-payment installments of four payments of $43.75.

- Tess (Tess Tessa Phalam Likamarian) (case 250218875): cited for 8 mph over in a school zone; the judge reduced the penalty to $85.

- Ronald McQuarling (case 250205120): cited for 31 in a 25 mph school-walk zone; the judge reduced the penalty to $75 and noted the defendant could pay at the courthouse or at the window.

- Kiger Kazhiergan (case 250081158): contested a photo-enforcement ticket for a school-walk zone; after explaining his circumstances the judge reduced the penalty to $100.

- Nicholas Stevens (case 250210104): cited in a school-walk zone, reduced to $75 based on first-offense status and driving speed (7 over).

- Igor Turmarkarov (case 250191403): after acknowledging prior infractions, the judge reduced the penalty to $80.

- Ava Rourke (case 580616125): told she was eligible for a deferred finding; the judge laid out the terms (six months with a $175 administrative fee) and said court paperwork would follow.

In each case the judge explained the options: admit the violation and seek mitigation (a reduced fine) or request a deferred finding (six-month continuance with conditions and a $175 administrative fee) where eligible. The court emphasized that deferred findings are limited by state law to one per driver every seven years and that deferred findings require the defendant to avoid additional moving violations during the supervision period.

The court also reminded defendants that photo-enforcement citations are mailed to the address on the vehicle registration; several defendants confirmed mailing addresses for follow-up. For first-offense mitigations the judge imposed reduced monetary amounts ranging from $75 to $100 in the cases it reduced.

The calendar concluded with the court reading multiple case numbers into the record and noting one default (failure-to-appear) finding for a defendant who had requested a hearing but did not appear. Court staff said defendants would receive paperwork with the specified reductions and payment instructions.