A 37-year-old man accused of hitting another man in the head with a hammer in East Boston was arrested Wednesday, according to Boston Police.

Eric Vargas, of East Boston, is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in connection with the incident on Tuesday, police said in a statement .

A judge set a $5,000 bail for Vargas during his arraignment in Boston Municipal Court in East Boston, court records show. Vargas will also undergo a competency evaluation, and was committed to Bridgewater State Hospital.

At around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a man walked into the Boston Police station in East Boston and reported he had been attacked by a man with a hammer earlier that morning, police said.

The man told police that at around 6:30 a.m., when he was walking into a bakery at 40

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