BOSTON — A Dorchester man has been charged with robbing a delivery driver of his gold chain at gunpoint, Boston police said Monday.

Eury Martin Avalo Baez, 32, of Dorchester, is charged with armed and masked robbery, assault with a dangerous weapon and larceny from a person, police said. He is expected to be arraigned in Roxbury District Court. The charges are allegations, and he is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.

Police said officers were called to Normandy Street in Dorchester at about 11:43 a.m. on Oct. 23 for a report of a person with a gun. The delivery driver told officers that a masked man approached him as he returned to his vehicle, showed a handgun, demanded his gold chain and ripped it from his neck before running off toward Devon Street. The driver was not hurt, police said.

Detectives began reviewing city cameras and saw a man matching the robber's description run onto Devon Street and get into the passenger side of a gray Ford Explorer, according to police. Investigators shared an image of the SUV with other districts and outside agencies and tracked it as it left Boston and headed north on Interstate 93.

Massachusetts State Police troopers stopped the SUV in Lawrence that afternoon, police said. Investigators said the driver was wearing clothing that matched what the robber wore on video. He was taken to the District B-2 station and arrested.

Detectives later searched the SUV under a warrant and found a .45-caliber gun and a face mask, police said.

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