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By Alexi C. Cardona and Annika Hammerschlag of the Naples Daily News

A 27-year-old Naples man faces charges of fleeing from law enforcement after Collier County sheriff's deputies say he led them on a high-speed chase early Tuesday, smashing into mailboxes and parked cars on his way.

Officials responded to a call around 1 a.m. about a tow truck driver breaking into and stealing a vehicle from Jerry's Towing on Terrace Avenue in East Naples.

A deputy tried to pull over the driver, Jamison Ford, near the intersection of Shadowlawn Drive and Davis Boulevard for driving without headlights, but Ford didn't stop.

According to reports, he led deputies on a nine-mile chase through East Naples and drove 70 mph in 45 mph zones.

Deputies used stop sticks to slow the truck when it reached the intersection of County Barn Road and Davis Boulevard. The truck's tires started falling off, but Ford continued east on Davis Boulevard and drove south on Santa Barbara Boulevard. He drove through Naples Manor, a residential area near Lely High School, on bare rims.

A sharp turn onto Warren Street in Naples Manor caused the vehicle on the truck bed to fall from the truck onto its roof, though it remained attached to the truck.

The tow truck drove laps through the residential neighborhood, dragging the vehicle with it, hitting mailboxes and parked cars along the side of the road.

Deputies were finally able to put an end to the chase at the intersection of Martin Street and Carolina Avenue by crashing a patrol car into the truck to steer it off course.

Ford tried to keep driving, but gave up and stepped out of the truck. He asked deputies why they were stopping him and struck a sheriff's office K9, according to an arrest report.

Deputies believed he was driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Ford refused to have blood drawn for testing.

He was taken to Naples Jail Center and faces charges of fleeing and eluding, DUI, causing harm to a police animal, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in property damage and resisting law enforcement. The sheriff's office is investigating whether the vehicle on the tow truck bed was stolen.