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Municipal court accepts guilty plea, suspends jail in Lake Forest Park reckless-driving case
Summary
A Lake Forest Park Municipal Court judge accepted a guilty plea to amended reckless-driving charges and imposed a two-year suspended sentence with treatment and monitoring conditions; the court will review compliance in August.
A presiding judge in Lake Forest Park Municipal Court accepted a guilty plea July 2 from a defendant identified in court as Miss Judge after the city moved to amend a physical-control charge to reckless driving.
The plea matters because the judge accepted the amendment and imposed a two-year suspended sentence with conditions aimed at treatment and monitoring rather than immediate jail time.
On the record, city prosecutor Brianna Chow said, "City is moving to amend, down to a reckless driving from physical control pursuant to the plea agreement." The court stated there was "a factual basis" to accept the plea and found the defendant guilty of reckless driving.
The court sentenced the defendant to a two-year suspended sentence; a 364-day jail…
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