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Lake Forest Park judge reduces penalties, offers payment plans in infraction calendar
Summary
On Feb. 17, Judge Jennifer Grant heard a mitigation calendar by Zoom and reduced or dismissed penalties for numerous photo-enforcement and registration infractions; one driver accepted a deferred finding and several defaults were entered for no-shows.
Lake Forest Park, Wash. — Judge Jennifer Grant presided over the city’s Feb. 17 infraction calendar remotely, reducing penalties for multiple drivers cited in the city’s photo-enforcement program and setting payment deadlines and installment options.
At the start of the hearing, Grant explained the calendar was a mitigation calendar — defendants acknowledge the violation but may present circumstances for a lower penalty. For a first-time speeding-in-a-school-walk-zone violation, the judge frequently reduced penalties to $50–$75 and offered time-payment arrangements when defendants said they could not pay in full.
Among the rulings, the court reduced Dale Bronger’s penalty for a 31-mph-in-a-25-mph school-walk-zone…
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