Forsythe v. State

OPINION

Judge MANNHEIMER.

On November 5, 2012, Alaska Railroad Special Agent Kathy Kraft received a report that a car was “spinning brodies” in a parking lot owned by the railroad. 1 When Kraft drove her patrol car to the property, she found a dark-colored jeep parked in a corner of the lot.

Kraft tried to make contact with the driver (who turned out to be Nicholas Forsythe), but he began to drive away. Kraft then activated the overhead lights of her patrol car (as a signal for Forsythe to stop), but For-sythe continued driving away. Thinking that Forsythe might not have observed her flashing…