A Lake Forest Park Municipal Court judge on Jan. 6 granted a series of defense motions to suppress discovery and dismissed several traffic-camera citation cases after prosecutors failed to supply promised materials in time.

The court found discovery untimely or not produced in multiple matters and granted defense suppression and dismissal motions under IRLJ 3.1(b). Defense attorneys raised the discovery gaps in hearings on separate camera-ticket dockets; the judge concluded the city could not proceed in those cases without the missing materials and dismissed the matters.

Why it matters: Several defendants in camera-ticket cases had their matters dismissed because the prosecution did not provide discovery by deadline or sent materials to an outdated fax number. The court also used the calendar call to correct administrative contact information used for discovery transmission, a change that prosecutors and defense counsel said should prevent future errors.

What the court decided: In the Corona matter (case no. 580887414), defense counsel moved to suppress discoverable material and to dismiss under IRLJ 3.1(b) after receiving notice that the city's mailing of discovery was late; the judge ruled the service untimely, granted suppression and the follow-up motion to dismiss transmission evidence. Heath Eilers, appearing for the defense, told the court the discovery request had been filed in November and the response appeared to have been mailed late. The judge stated: "I will find that this was untimely, and I will grant defense motion under IRLJ 3.1 b." (Court ruling recorded during calendar call.)

Other rulings followed a similar pattern. Attorney Kevin Tibble obtained suppression and dismissal in the Kish Marler camera-ticket matter (250300699) after the city did not respond to his October 2025 discovery request. Attorney Rene Rochanda secured suppression and the court dismissed that camera-ticket case after the prosecution failed to produce discovery. In a separate matter brought by Mr. Riemer, the court granted a suppression motion after the defense produced fax-transmission confirmations showing materials had been sent to a now-obsolete city fax number.

Administrative fix: The repeated problems led the court to identify and correct an outdated fax contact listed on its website. Counsel and court staff discussed that discovery transmissions had sometimes been routed to the court's mailroom fax rather than the prosecuting attorney's current fax or email. The judge instructed counsel to re-send materials to lfpcourt@cityoflfp.gov and said the court would update contact details on the website. Mr. Riemer said he would forward fax-confirmation sheets; the judge noted: "I'll update the court's website with this correct fax number."

Deferred findings and plea amendment: The court granted a six-month deferred finding for Stevenson (5A0664175) with the usual condition of no moving violations and a fee of $1.75. On the Kalief matter, defense counsel Justin Mucklestone accepted a prosecutor's amendment to a lesser over-speed offense (amend to 5 over) with a $119 penalty; the judge approved the amendment and set payment timing roughly 4weeks out.

Procedural guidance for pro se defendants: The judge also advised a pro se defendant, William Ross, on how to access public evidence (video and photographs) via the court website and set a contested hearing date (Feb. 4 at 2:30 p.m.) for him to review the records or obtain counsel.

What happens next: The court ordered counsel to re-transmit discovery to the updated contact information and noted that future hearings will proceed only when requisite discovery is received. Several dismissed matters may be refiled if prosecutors later obtain the needed evidence and choose to pursue charges again; the court record does not indicate any refiled matters at the time of the hearing.

Speakers quoted in this report spoke during the public calendar call and appear in the court record.