Rostraver Township, PA -- Pennsylvania State Police filed charges against a Clairton man accused of resisting arrest and obstructing a law enforcement entity. 

Eric Augustine, 33, was charged by troopers after failing to comply with a traffic stop along Interstate 70 in Rostraver Township and being combative with state police. 

A state trooper was alerted to a pickup truck hauling a trailer was driving with a registration that belonged on another vehicle that was suspended and expired. 

Police said it also showed that both registered owners were suspended. 

The driver pulled the vehicle over on Interstate 70 in a confined space with limited clearance on either side. 

Troopers approached the passenger window, but the driver and passenger refused to put the window down upon instruction. 

Police asked the driver several times to comply and requested the driver to exit the vehicle, but he refused.

The passenger of the vehicle slapped the hand of the state trooper as he attempted to open the door of the vehicle. 

Both the driver and the passenger refused to adhere to the trooper's requests to identify themselves. 

As police attempted to remove Augustine from the vehicle, he ripped the strap of the trooper's body armor and attempted to push the trooper into the lanes of oncoming traffic. 

The female passenger was also said to be resisting and refused to comply with commands. 

The truck driven by Augustine did not have valid inspection stickers or insurance. 

Four children were also in the vehicle at the time, according to state police. 

Augustine was taken into custody and charged with obstruction, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, assault charges and several traffic violations. 

The passenger, Maisie Woodke, was also charged with several misdemeanors and summary offenses.

Disclaimer: To the extent that pending criminal matters are discussed, all such charges are merely accusations and all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.