Criminal charges have been filed against a Prophetstown man, accusing him of driving while high on drugs in May and causing a two-vehicle crash that left another man dead. Jacob Penaflor, 40, is charged with aggravated driving under the influence of drugs, a Class 2 felony that carries a possible 14-year prison sentence, in connection with the death of Benjamin Weidel, 39, of Prophetstown. The charges were filed in connection with a crash that happened on May 21 on Perkins Road in Whiteside County. According to a Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office news release issued at the time of the crash, the sheriff’s office received an iPhone crash detection alert about 4:35 p.m. May 21, pinpointing the location at the intersection of Perkins and Mill roads. The crash remained under investigation by the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Crash Reconstruction Unit.