Deceased suspect was OSU student

The bank robbery suspect who was killed in a high-speed police chase from Pataskala has been identified as an Ohio State student.

Daryl Williams II, 20, of South Euclid, died Tuesday when the sport-utility vehicle he and the rest of the robbery suspects were in crashed into a pickup truck on East Broad Street on Columbus’ Far East Side, federal officials said. Williams was killed when he was partially ejected from the vehicle. According to the affidavit, about $6,000 in cash, a bank brochure, a walkie-talkie and two handguns were recovered from the demolished SUV.

Williams began taking classes at OSU this fall as a sophomore after transferring from Cleveland State University. According to OSU officials, Williams was a Baker Hall resident majoring in sports and leisure science.

Jabrown Parks, 23, of Columbus; Lavelle Parks, 21, of Cleveland; and Chaz Frier, 22, of Maple Heights, were charged Thursday with the robbery of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association in complaints filed in the U.S. District Court in Columbus. Jabrown and Lavelle Parks are brothers.

The three suspects remain in Columbus hospitals with injuries suffered in the crash.

Pataskala Police Chief Chris Forshey told local media that FBI officials believe the men committed other robberies in the area. According to an FBI affidavit, Frier confessed to the First Federal robbery and implicated the other three men.

First Federal Savings, 182 W. Broad St., was robbed at 11:38 a.m. Tuesday by three masked men who forced employees to the floor and then shot the cash drawers, authorities said.

Pataskala Police Lt. Michael Boals spotted the suspects’ vehicle after driving to the bank in response to the robbery alarm. He chased the vehicle west on Broad Street into Franklin County when a Reynoldsburg officer joined the persuit.

The SUV, traveling in excess of 80 miles per hour, collided head-on with a pickup truck driven by Tammi Sahr, 31, of Blacklick, just east of Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road, police said. Sahr remained hospitalized Thursday at Grant Medical Center.