SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Police say a Springfield man who’s charged with child molestation fought with an officer for his gun during an interview.

The Springfield News-Leader reports that 41-year-old Lester Charles was charged Tuesday with multiple felonies. No attorney is listed for him in online court records.

The charges were filed after a girl told police that Charles touched her inappropriately. Police said that while Charles was being interviewed, he told officers he had never been alone with the girl. Court documents say that when an officer told Charles he was under arrest, he replied “You ain’t goin’ arresting me.”

Court documents say that during the ensuing struggle, Charles got a hand on an officer’s gun. Police say Charles fled the room before officers fired a stun gun at him.