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Judge Grant reduces fines, offers deferred finding and dismisses some photo-ticket cases at Lake Forest Park remote calendar
Summary
At a remote Lake Forest Park Municipal Court calendar, Judge Jennifer Grant reduced multiple photo-enforcement penalties, granted a six-month deferred finding for a speeding defendant, dismissed citations where registrants swore they were not the driver, and found several failures to appear by default.
Lake Forest Park — Judge Jennifer Grant presided over a remote municipal infraction calendar on Feb. 2, 2026, resolving a series of traffic- and registration-related citations by reducing penalties, offering a deferred dismissal option in one speeding case and dismissing several citations after registrants swore they were not the driver.
The mitigation calendar, the judge explained, is an admission of the violation but allows defendants to present circumstances or financial information for a reduced penalty. “The mitigation calendar is admission that the violation occurred, but you wish to provide some information to the court,” Grant said at the start of the session.
Several defendants received mitigated penalties. Judge Grant reduced two school-zone photo tickets for Michael Corona to $75 and $90 respectively (total $165), with payment due March 20 and time-payment arrangements available. Alexander Simachov was offered a reduction to…
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