A 22-year-old Cleveland man will spend a year in prison for leading Willoughby police on a high-speed chase that hit nearly 95 mph down State Route 2 before officers backed off amid heavy traffic. My'Sunn Williams was sentenced to 12 months by Judge Patrick Condon in Lake County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty to one count of failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer.
The case traces back to May 11, 2026, when Willoughby police responded to reports of a disturbance involving several people in a vehicle near Skiff and Vine streets, a disturbance that possibly involved a gun, according to Cleveland 19. Officers located a white Kia connected to the call and attempted a traffic stop, but the driver took off westbound on State Route 2, cutting off other drivers as he pushed the Kia toward nearly 95 mph in a 60 mph zone.
Willoughby police ultimately ended the pursuit, and the station's report ties that decision to heavy traffic and safety concerns on the busy highway. The pursuit took place on State Route 2. According to the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, law enforcement agencies must establish a written policy governing motor-vehicle pursuits.
Detectives Track Down the Kia and Its Driver
Detectives later found the Kia in Cleveland and, using video, witness accounts and other evidence, identified Williams as the driver, per the same account from Cleveland 19. Williams ultimately admitted to driving the white Kia that fled the May 11 traffic stop in Willoughby.
Williams wasn't taken into custody right away. On May 29, 2026, members of the U.S. Marshals-led Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force located and arrested him at a residence in the 2600 block of East 71st Street in Cleveland while executing warrants for other suspects, according to a U.S. Marshals Service release. Officers recovered four firearms — three handguns and a rifle — inside the residence during that raid.
That arrest came amid a broader summer crackdown: the same task force apprehended over 600 individuals and seized nearly 200 firearms across northern Ohio during a multi-agency effort known as Operation Northern Shield, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The task force later teamed with the Lake County Sheriff's Office on a separate 10-day initiative called Operation Washout, which netted 43 fugitive arrests across the county in August.
Statutory Penalties and a Mandatory License Suspension
Under Ohio Revised Code § 2921.331, updated by House Bill 56 effective October 24, 2024, fleeing a police officer in a vehicle is charged as a third-degree felony when it creates a substantial risk of serious physical harm — a charge that carries 9 to 36 months in prison and a mandatory driver's license suspension of three years to life. Williams is now subject to up to three years of post-release control following his 12-month sentence.
The statute also mandates that any prison sentence for a felony failure-to-comply conviction be served consecutively to any other prison term imposed on the offender, a provision that shapes how judges across Ohio must structure sentences in these cases.
A Familiar Docket for Lake County's Judge Condon
Williams's sentencing adds to a growing list of high-speed chase cases that have landed in front of Judge Condon in Lake County Common Pleas Court. In September 2025, Condon sentenced 32-year-old Jacob Montgomery to 11 to 16.5 years in prison following a carjacking and multi-city pursuit that also originated in Willoughby, WKYC reported. Just months earlier, in December 2025, Condon sentenced a Willoughby man to 30 months for making false alarms and drug possession after an hours-long standoff at a Willoughby apartment building.
Officers called off the May 11 chase amid heavy traffic and safety concerns. In September 2012, Willoughby Police Officer Jason Gresko died in a crash while responding to assist in a vehicle pursuit, according to the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police.
The Williams case follows an earlier Willoughby chase involving three teens, covered by Hoodline: Da'nerow K. Logan and Joseph D. Smith were sentenced, while Currency B. Fitzgerald was awaiting sentencing.
