Judge grants multiple suppression motions, dismisses camera and traffic citations in Lake Forest Park calendar

The Lake Forest Park Municipal Court on March 9, 2026, granted multiple defense motions to suppress or dismiss attorney-infraction and camera-ticket matters after defense counsel said required discovery had not been provided.

The presiding judge opened the remote attorney infraction calendar and recorded appearances. Carmen McDonald, prosecutor for the City of Lake Forest Park, told the court the city had identified errors in two citations for the same defendant (5A0911943 and 5A0275219) and moved to dismiss. "Therefore, in the interest of justice, the city will be moving to dismiss most of these cases," McDonald said; the judge granted dismissal of both Ababy matters.

Defense attorneys repeatedly told the court that discovery responses—citations, radar affidavits or other required documents—had not been produced. In one example, defense counsel moved to suppress and dismiss the Argueta matter (580929362) because the city provided only the citation and not the radar affidavit; the court granted that 3.1(b) motion. Several other motions under the court's discovery rule (3.1(b)) were granted for camera-ticket and traffic cases where defense counsel showed discovery had not been provided.

The court granted a continuance and noted a waiver of speedy hearing in the Michael Nichols/Eilers matter (5A0690185), setting the case for the afternoon of May 18, 2026. For the Farid Adam (Kleiner) matter, the judge approved a six-month deferred finding conditioned on no moving traffic violations, completion of a Level 2 defensive driving course (an online four-hour Level 1 course was accepted), and payment of a $1.75 administrative fee.

Defense counsel described several discovery timelines and, in one matter, produced a declaration of mailing dated Feb. 15; the court confirmed filings and granted the related motion to suppress and dismiss. Attorney Kevin Tibble told the court his office filed a timely discovery request for the Ream matter (250467506) on Jan. 15 and the court granted his motion after locating the filing in the court file.

The calendar included a cluster of camera-ticket matters brought by defense counsel Rochandel and others; motions to suppress and dismiss were granted where the city had not provided the requested discovery. After resolving the listed matters the judge took the calendar off the record.

What this means: multiple tickets and infractions on the attorney infraction calendar were removed from the docket on procedural grounds tied to discovery obligations; several defendants received deferred findings with conditions, and at least two matters were continued to May 18, 2026.

Next steps: Cases with continuances were reset for the dates noted; defendants with deferred findings must comply with the conditions ordered by the court (no moving violations, class completion where required, and administrative fee payment).