West Penn Township Police have charged a Monroe County man who allegedly used a marker to alter an emissions sticker with multiple offenses after he tried to flee police and ended up at a fishing club.

David Joseph Kudla, 42, of Effort, was charged with fleeing or attempting to elude an officer; flight to avoid apprehension; escape; evading arrest or detention on foot; fraud - altering/forging/counter title, registration, or insurance; driving without a license; operating a vehicle without insurance; failing to use a safety belt; operating a vehicle without a valid inspection sticker; displaying known fictitious or stolen sticker issued for inspection; investigation by officer/duty of operator; driving an unregistered vehicle; and driving while his license was suspended or revoked on Feb. 18.

According to police, the computer checks also show Kudla has an outstanding probation bench warrant out of Carbon County, and multiple Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts summary warrants for his arrest.

On Feb. 18, police received an alert on their license plate reader of an expired registration that was displayed on a 2006 silver Dodge Durango. Police attempted to stop the vehicle, but when they activated emergency lights, the driver headed north on West Penn Pike, turning onto a dirt road that leads to a fishing club dam.

The entrance gate to the dam was locked.

The driver exited the vehicle and ran, going past the gate and onto the fishing club property, leaving the vehicle running.

Police secured the vehicle.

A woman in the vehicle told police the driver was Kudla. Police searched the area for Kudla with no success. Upon returning to the vehicle, the passenger said Kudla had left his identification on the car seat.

The Pennsylvania identification card belonged to Kudla, and identification picture on it matched that of the driver who fled.

The inspection and emissions stickers were taped on the windshield, and upon inspection police found they did not belong to the vehicle. Both stickers also were expired, and the vehicle identification number on the inspections sticker did not match the vehicle.

The emission sticker also had the serial number altered with what appeared to be a black marking pen.

A preliminary hearing before District Judge Andrew J. Serina of Orwigsburg found the charges viable, and they were sent on to the county Commonwealth Court.