PROSPECT — A borough man is accused of leading police on a high-speed chase earlier this month.

Nikola J. Skrak, 30, managed to lose Prospect police during the April 1 pursuit but the chasing officer got the suspect’s license plate number.

Senior District Judge Joseph O’Donnell on Monday issued an arrest warrant for Skrak on a felony charge of fleeing or attempting to elude police. The suspect, who was driving with a suspended license, also faces 11 traffic violations.

Prospect Patrolman Matt Wagner was on duty about 5:05 p.m. when he spotted the defendant speeding in his 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue on Main Street. The officer knew Skrak had a suspended license and that he was wanted on several bench warrants.

Wagner activated his emergency lights and siren but Skrak did not stop. The defendant kept speeding and running a series of stop signs as the chase continued, according to court documents.

When the pursuit got to Country Lane Road, the suspect turned into a crop field. Police said Skrak traveled several hundred yards through the field before getting back on the road.

The high-speed chase resumed and at one point the suspect’s car struck and sheered off a stop sign before turning onto Stone Church Road.

A short time later, Wagner decided to back off “in regards to the safety of the defendant and (himself), due to the poor road conditions and the lack of visibility from the dust kicked up by the defendant’s vehicle,” documents said.

The officer eventually lost sight of the suspect’s car.

In addition to fleeing police and driving under suspension, Skrak is charged with trespass by vehicle, driving at an unsafe speed, reckless driving, careless driving, hit-and-run and five counts of running a stop sign.

Butler County Court records, meanwhile, showed there are seven separate bench warrants out for Skrak. Those warrants were issued after he failed to appear at court hearings in December for parole and probation violations in six 2012 cases and one 2011 case.

His convictions in those cases include three for burglary, one for felony drug possession, and one each for forgery, theft and conspiracy to commit theft.