An 18-year-old Springfield man has been charged with armed carjacking after a moped was stolen at gunpoint on Sept. 25, the Springfield Police Department said Monday.

Jesse Peacock was arrested on Clyde Street in the early afternoon, and officers found a loaded gun on him, police said.

According to police, officers had gone to East Hooker Street on a report of a gun call, where a man told them his moped had been stolen at gunpoint. Officers then learned that the moped was on Clyde Street.

When officers arrived, they saw a man who matched a description of a suspect, police said. The man, later identified as Peacock, tried to run away but was stopped, according to the department.

Police said the gun they found was a large-capacity firearm loaded with 14 rounds of ammunition. The moped was returned to its owner, police said.

Peacock is charged with armed carjacking with a firearm, assault and battery with a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, carrying a firearm without a license, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of a large-capacity firearm and resisting arrest.

The charges are allegations, and Peacock is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.

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