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Lake Forest Park Municipal Court reduces fines, grants deferred findings and issues defaults on Feb. 2 infraction calendar
Summary
At the Feb. 2 infraction calendar, Judge Jennifer Grant dismissed one case, reduced fines for multiple first-time school-zone violations, granted deferred findings to two motorists with conditions including a six-month clean-driving period, and found two defendants in default for failures to appear.
Lake Forest Park Municipal Court convened its Feb. 2, 2026 infraction mitigation calendar and handled a series of traffic cases including dismissals, reduced fines and deferred findings. Judge Jennifer Grant presided by Zoom.
A case listed for Nathaniel Brace was dismissed after a woman identifying herself as the driver for Brace said she had not had a prior infraction and asked for leniency, saying, "I haven't had an infraction before...I clocked 28 in the 20, and I'm just asking for leniency." Judge Grant responded that infractions are associated with the registered owner and indicated she would dismiss the matter.
The court reduced fines for several first-time violations. Carrie Mandak, appearing on a school-zone speeding ticket, told the judge she had "just dropped off my stepson" and had not seen children in the crosswalk; Grant treated it as a first offense and reduced the fine to $75. Tina Thompson, who acknowledged a photo ticket for going 10 mph over a 20 mph school-zone limit and cited recent mental-health and financial hardship, was given financial hardship relief and had the fine reduced to $50 with the option to pay in two installments of $25, the first due March 20.
Judge Grant offered deferred findings in two officer-issued citations. Theodore Johnson accepted a deferred finding for an HOV-lane citation after explaining he entered the lane near Bothell Way/Route 104 while rushing a child to school. Grant summarized the terms she was allowed to grant: a deferred finding may be granted once every seven years, requires six months with no moving violations and a $175 administrative payment, and the court will do an administrative review at six months to determine dismissal. Martha Stanton, facing a speeding violation of 15 mph over the limit, likewise accepted the deferred-finding option and the court described the payment and administrative-review process, including an option to divide the administrative payment into installments.
The court also addressed prior calendar failures to appear. Judge Grant found that Jose Flores and Fatima Mitchell failed to appear for scheduled hearings and entered default findings, treating their violations as committed and directing that penalties be imposed.
The court provided procedural details and follow-up steps: deferred-finding agreements will be mailed and processed administratively after the six-month compliance period; reduced fines and time-pay agreements will include due dates and installment instructions; and FTAs from the Jan. 30 calendar will be treated as committed violations and assessed penalties.
The session was held virtually and adjourned after the calendar actions; several defendants were given written instructions and time-payment agreements to follow up with the court.
