An Oakland man who led officers on a high-speed chase while drunk in August 2017 was placed on probation for up to seven years Tuesday in Freeborn County District Court.

Jason Steven Allen, 36, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to first-degree driving while intoxicated and fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle in February. Allen’s seven-year probationary term was on the DWI charge and came after Judge Steven Schwab stayed the execution of a seven-year prison sentence. While on probation, Allen will be expected to attend a Mothers Against Drunk Driving impact panel, have no alcohol-related traffic offenses, submit to random testing and meet other requirements. He was sentenced to 160 days in jail and given credit for 160 days served on the charge.

On the fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle charge, Allen was given a stayed sentence of more than 1 1/2 years in prison and placed on probation for up to four years.

In a separate file, Allen was given a stayed sentence of more than 1 1/2 years in prison and placed on probation for five years for fifth-degree controlled substance possession. He was sentenced to 335 days in jail and given credit for 335 days served. 

Court documents state Allen was charged after a Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office deputy saw a speeding vehicle with a driver’s side headlight that was not working a little after midnight Aug. 28, 2017, on Freeborn County Road 34.

After the deputy reportedly caught up to the vehicle and activated his emergency lights, the vehicle accelerated, turning west on 170th Street and striking a deer. Court documents state the vehicle continued, traveling 75 to 80 mph on gravel and more than 100 mph on Freeborn County Road 19.

The vehicle continued to evade the deputy, making multiple turns onto different roads, before going into a ditch on the south side of 190th Street. Allen reportedly exited the vehicle and ran toward a corn field, but was caught and arrested before he entered the field.

He had a .10 blood alcohol content at 1:43 a.m. that morning.

Allen was charged with an additional count of first-degree DWI and gross misdemeanor driving after cancellation, but those counts were dismissed.

 

See what happened last night in the PM report here.