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Court issues $3,000 warrant after defendant fails to appear at readiness hearing
Summary
The magistrate issued a $3,000 bench warrant for Nicholas Aria after he failed to appear at his scheduled readiness hearing; the city urged issuance and the court signed the warrant.
Lake Forest Park Municipal Court issued a $3,000 bench warrant on March 5 after defendant Nicholas Aria failed to appear for a scheduled readiness hearing.
The prosecutor told the court Aria was aware of the 2 p.m. readiness setting and characterized the underlying allegation as an alleged assault outside a local grocery store that the prosecutor said involved an injury. Given those facts and Aria’s absence, the city asked the court to issue a warrant in the amount of $3,000. The magistrate granted the request and directed that a failure-to-appear finding be entered and a warrant issued.
The court noted this was the first failure-to-appear on the case and that the city would proceed with a summons or additional steps as appropriate. No additional details about the alleged incident were developed on the record during the hearing.
