Judge Grant presiding in Lake Forest Park Municipal Court on Monday granted a series of defense motions to suppress or dismiss for failure to provide discovery and approved multiple deferred findings, while resetting several cases for early January.

The court convened the afternoon infraction calendar and Carmen McDonald, prosecutor for the City of Lake Forest Park, identified several camera-ticket and moving-violation matters on the calendar. Defense attorneys repeatedly raised discovery objections, citing what they described as failures under the court’s discovery rule (referred to in the record as “3.1(b)”).

Why it matters: The rulings remove several defendants from the immediate infraction calendar, either by dismissal or by placing the cases on deferred findings that suspend conviction if defendants meet conditions. The session also prompted the court to clarify how defense filings should be served going forward after a dispute about whether emailed materials reached the prosecutor’s office.

Most important actions

- The court granted dismissal or suppression motions in a number of matters where defense counsel said discovery requests had not been answered. In one exchange, the city moved to dismiss in a moving-mode radar matter and Judge Grant said, “So Citi’s motion to dismiss, and I will grant that.” The court recorded multiple similar rulings across both the 1:30 and 2:30 calendars.

- Several deferred findings were granted. For example, the court granted a deferred finding for Francisco Boracio Altamirano (case 580661899): six months’ deferral, no moving-traffic violations during the period and a $175 administrative fee. The judge gave the same standard conditions for other deferred matters, including Hank Jorgensen (580746263), Rana Nabali, and Nikita Urena (580616513).

- The court set continuances where requested and the defendant waived speedy time. The Song matter (580774159) and several other calendar items were continued to Jan. 5, 2026, with the record reflecting waivers of speedy time.

- Where a defense filing included a Declaration of Non-Responsibility (DNR), the court processed the DNR and dismissed the related citation when appropriate (for example, Hong Ma, case 250287672; Brent Ray Raines, case 250298604).

Service and filing procedures

A recurring procedural dispute concerned where discovery had been served. Defense counsel said some materials were emailed directly to the prosecutor rather than to the office email; the prosecutor said filings must be sent to the office address or the designated office email to ensure receipt. The judge instructed defense counsel to use the prosecutor office email for future service so filings reliably reach the office for processing.

Other scheduling and administrative notes

- Several matters were continued to Jan. 5, 2026, at either 1:30 p.m. or 2:00 p.m., after defense waivers of speedy time were recorded.

- The court struck a scheduled impound hearing in the Goldner matter after the defendant indicated the hearing was no longer necessary; a pretrial remained set for Dec. 1.

- The judge said she would issue deferred-finding orders and send them to counsel’s offices where appropriate.

This report lists the principal outcomes recorded on the Nov. 3 afternoon calendar. Individual case numbers and the actions taken are listed below in the actions section for reference.