Ohio cyclist case dismissed for impeding traffic and failure to comply with the order of a police officer
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{¶ 36} The court is aware that, generally, fleeing from a request for a Terry stop is not grounds for an arrest. State v. Gillenwater (Apr. 2, 1998), 4th Dist. No. 97 CA 0935. However, R.C. 2921.331 specifically prohibits persons from failing to comply with officers’ orders regarding traffic flow. However, those orders must be lawful orders according to the statute. Here, the court does not find that the officer’s request for the defendant to stop was a lawful order, because there is no indication that the defendant at that point had violated any statute.