Lake Forest Park judge reduces fines, offers community service alternatives in afternoon infraction calendar

Judge Jennifer Grant on Oct. 12 presided over a remote afternoon infraction calendar for Lake Forest Park Municipal Court that resolved multiple photo-enforcement traffic cases, including school-zone speeding and one red-light citation, by reducing fines, offering payment plans and authorizing community-service alternatives.

The calendar matters were handled remotely and streamed to YouTube as part of the court's open-court practice. The docket included contest and mitigation requests from people cited by automated photo enforcement; in several instances Grant reduced the monetary obligation and permitted community-service hours in lieu of payment.

Cases resolved included: Mary Healy (case 250074633), who admitted running a red light and was offered a mitigation reduction to $90 or an option to complete 5 hours of community service within 60 days; Kurt (Curtis) Webb (250076331), whose school-zone speeding citation was reduced to $85; Abdul Sharif Mohammed (250041418), reduced to $90 for speeding in a school walk zone; Robert…