PROVIDENCE — A man was charged with assaulting a Massachusetts state trooper and leading the police on a 4-mile car chase Saturday night.

The trooper attempted to stop Douglas J. Nasiff, 41, of 9 Nuthatch Lane, North Providence, for alleged motor vehicle violations on Route 195 west. Nasiff continued to drive for nearly 4 miles and stopped near exit 2 in Swansea. After Nasiff was pulled over, he resisted arrest, the police said. The trooper had sprayed him with pepper spray before Nasiff drove away, the police said.

Nasiff was later found in Providence and taken into custody by the Rhode Island State Police.