Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Spider in a high rise, 1 by halliegardens

halliegardens wrote:
Hello! I live in lakewood, ohio on the 13th floor of an apartment building on Lake Erie. I have a "garden" in my apartment near the window, and found this "huge" spider near my plants. I quickly snapped these pics before I let him free outside.

My first concern was a brown recluse, but I noticed after looking online that those don't have patterns on both parts of their body, just the front. This guy had shapes on both parts.

Thank you!