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Public commenter alleges municipal judge committed perjury before Mercer Island council
Summary
At the council's public‑comment period, Addie Smith accused Municipal Court Judge Jeff Gregory of perjury and of suppressing hate‑crime complaints; the council did not act during the meeting on the allegation.
During the appearances portion of the May 19 meeting, Addie Smith addressed the council and alleged that municipal court Judge Jeff Gregory lied from the bench in a March 14, 2023 proceeding and "committed perjury from the bench," as she described it to the council.
Smith identified specific case dates and described a history of what she said were repeated attacks against her family and failures by the city’s police to file reports. "Judge Jeff Gregory committed perjury from the bench," Smith said, and she urged accountability from the City of Mercer Island and its officials.
The council did not take any immediate action in response to the public comment during the meeting. No response or denial from Judge Gregory is recorded in the meeting transcript. The matter, as Smith presented it, remains an unadjudicated allegation and was raised in a public‑comment forum rather than as a formal complaint to city officials or the courts.
Separately during appearances that evening, Nancy Lee, a long‑time Mercer Island resident, spoke in support of a proclamation recognizing National Gun Violence Awareness Day and cited national statistics about unsecured firearms in homes and youth firearm suicides.
