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Lake Forest Park judge limits 115-photo-ticket debt to $5,000 with community-service requirement
Summary
Judge Jennifer Grant reduced a multiyear stack of 115 photo-enforcement violations issued to one registered owner to a $5,000 obligation, converting half to community service and setting monthly payment and reporting terms to lift a Department of Licensing hold on registration.
Judge Jennifer Grant on July 28 reduced the city’s financial claims arising from 115 photo-enforcement citations issued to a single vehicle owner, ordering a combined financial and community-service resolution that the court said would allow the owner to clear a registration hold.
The owner, identified in court as Gautam Aragay, appeared with an Amharic interpreter. Grant said the cases dated from May 2024 through January 2025 and included multiple photo-enforced speeding and red-light violations. The judge said the total penalties, without reduction, exceeded $16,000.
“I'm going to draft an order that will incorporate all of your cases and sets out the court's expectation,” Judge Grant said, describing the terms she would impose.
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