A 20-year-old man from Jamaica Plain was arrested on several gun charges following a Saturday evening traffic stop.

Widvenson Dorcent was charged with carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded firearm, and possession of ammunition without an FID card.

Dorcent was the passenger of a vehicle police stopped around 7:45 p.m. on Lamartine Street because it did not have a valid inspection sticker or a functioning headlight, according to Boston Police.

After police asked for the driver’s license and registration, they said he appeared nervous and was unable to provide them with either document.

When officers suggested the driver check his glove compartment for the information, the driver initially told them he didn’t have a key to it, BPD said.

The driver did produce a key that he “briefly inserted” into the glove box, BPD said, “but removed it after speaking with the passenger in another language.”

The officers asked the driver to try opening the glove compartment again, and when it was partially opened, they said they saw a firearm inside.

The driver and Dorcent were removed from the vehicle while officers searched the compartment to find a Heckler & Koch USP firearm, with one round in the chamber and nine in the magazine.

Dorcent is expected to be arraigned in West Roxbury District Court. Police also issued the driver a citation for his headlight and lack of valid inspection sticker.

Missing teen found

Boston Police arrested a 15-year-old on firearms charges and returned a missing 14-year-old to the custody of his guardians after an investigation Friday in Dorchester.

Around 2:49 p.m., officers were patrolling the area around Pope Hill St. looking for the missing juvenile who was believed to be in possession of a gun when they spotted someone who appeared to match the description of the individual, according to BPD.

Police did not recover a firearm from the 14-year-old but “became concerned about the behavior of another juvenile in the group,” BPD said.

During a frisk of the individual’s backpack, the other juvenile tried to prevent officers from getting control of it, they said.

Once they secured the backpack, police said they found an FL Model D .380 ACP handgun with a destroyed serial number and two live rounds in the magazine.

The 15-year-old was charged as a juvenile with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, carrying a loaded firearm, and defacing a serial number.

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Incident Summary

BPD responded to 226 incidents in the 24-hour period ending at 10 a.m. Sunday, according to the department’s incident log. Those included four aggravated assaults, one residential burglary, two larcenies from a vehicle, and 17 miscellaneous larcenies.

Arrests

All of the below-named defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

— Darius Boyce, 8 Blacksmith Way, Saugus. Assault with a dangerous weapon.

— Maria Moraes, no address listed. Disorderly conduct.

— Paris Flores-Cormier, 53 Marcella St., Roxbury. Malicious destruction of property more than $1,200.

— Vincent Evans, 1222 Blue Hill Ave., Boston. Warrant arrest.

— Jamie Kerrigan, 125 Faywood St., East Boston. Possession of a Class C drug.

— Michael Jones, 115 Market St., Rockland. Distribution of a Class B drug.

— William Schofield, no address listed. Assault and battery on a police officer.

— Manuel Exinor, 82 Holworthy St., Roxbury. Unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

— Juma Kimanga, 110 West 4th St., Lowell. Assault with a dangerous weapon.

— Speciaal Jones, 31 St. Richard St., Boston. Shoplifting more than $100 by asportation.

— Crystal Wilson, 21 Pine St., Canton. Operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.

— Jarvis Israel, 12 Ellis St., Hyde Park. Operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.

— Quaneja Groce-Brown, 66 Carruth St., Dorchester. Receiving more than $250 of stolen property.

— Melford Harper, 29 Bellevue St., Dorchester. Assault on family/household member.

— Widvenson Dorcent, 4 Abbotsford St., Roxbury. Possession of a firearm without an FID card.

— Aarik Beauparlant, 39 Boylston St., Boston. Possession of a Class B.

— Jesse Marshall, 8967 S. Highland Dr., Broken Arrow, OK. False fire alarm.

— Santa Mendes, 13201 Chestnut St., West Randolph. Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

— Jay Wilson III, 780 Albany St., Boston. Warrant arrest.

— Christlayna Henry, no address listed. Unregistered motor vehicle.