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Lake Forest Park judge reduces many photo-enforcement fines, offers payment plans and sets contested hearing
Summary
At the Lake Forest Park Municipal Court infraction calendar on May 19, 2025, Judge Jennifer Grant reduced several photo-enforcement fines, clarified that automated tickets are treated like parking citations (not added to driving records), offered payment plans for low-income defendants, dismissed one case, and set a contested hearing for June 2.
Lake Forest Park Municipal Court Judge Jennifer Grant on May 19 reduced fines for multiple photo-enforcement and traffic infractions, clarified the court’s practice for automated tickets and authorized payment plans for people who could not pay in full.
The actions came during the court’s infraction calendar, where motorists appeared by phone or video to mitigate citations for expired registration, photo-enforced speeding and red-light violations. Judge Jennifer Grant said the court treats many camera-issued citations as civil-style infractions and that “this will not go on your driving record,” adding the tickets are “treated like a parking ticket.”
That clarification framed several decisions. For a pair of expired-registration mitigation requests, the judge reduced bail schedule amounts to $1.25 in each case.…
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