A high speed chase that allegedly caused a Mower County Sheriff’s deputy to crash into the back of the suspects car resulted in five criminal charges for a Grand Meadow man.

Josh Logan Mallory, 21, of Grand Meadow, was charged Monday with fleeing an officer in a vehicle, a felony; DWI and DWI combination of substances, both gross misdemeanors, misdemeanor open bottle and petty misdemeanor marijuana possession.

The deputy activated his lights when he saw Mallory going 25 in a 55 mph zone with no license plate light. Mallory allegedly accelerated, turned and went 80 mph down a gravel road and at one point spun out. The chase also resulted in the deputy going into a ditch, according to Sheriff Terese Amazi.

Mallory parked and shut off his lights while deputy Ryan Norton was getting out of the ditch, Amazi added. Norton then ran into the back of Mallory’s car. Neither Norton or Mallory were injured; both cars sustained minor damage. Mallory, who allegedly had several open bottles of hard liquor in the car and about .5 grams of marijuana, admitted he was drunk and had smoked marijuana an hour before the chase, according to the court complaint.

Mallory was placed in the Mower County jail on $3,000 bail with conditions. His next court appearance is set for May 31.