Two men punched in head in similar East Boston incidents

District A-7 reports that around 3:20 a.m. on Sunday, a man sitting on his front steps at 82 Marion St. reported a black male came up to him and, without a word "grabbed the victim by the shirt and proceeded to punch him about the face area then threw him on the ground and took two gold chains that victim had." The assailant fled toward Eutaw Street.

Around 11:30 p.m., a man standing outside 81 Princeton St., about two blocks away, reported a black man, about 5'5", about 20 years old, with a slim build, walked up to him and punched him in the face before fleeing toward Princeton Street:

Officers observed the victim with a damaged tooth, and scratches.