TERRA HAUTE, Ind. – A Terre Haute man who police say robbed a Peru gas station at gunpoint in October faces federal charges stemming from a string of armed robberies around the state. Rex Hammond, 53, was indicted last week by the U.S. attorney of Indiana’s Northern District on eight charges, including using a firearm during a crime of violence and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He also faces five indictments under the Hobbs Act, a federal statute that prohibits actual or attempted robbery or extortion that interferes with interstate commerce. Peru Police Chief Mike Meeks said Hammond was identified in the indictment as the man who, on Oct. 7, robbed the Good Oil Company gas station at 452 W. Main St. in Peru. Meeks said video footage shows Hammond entering the store wearing a mask and pulling a gun on the clerk before stealing an undisclosed amount of money. No one was injured in the incident. The robbery came a day after Hammond robbed a gas station in Logansport. Over the next month, he would also rob gas stations in Auburn and Decatur before returning to Logansport on Oct. 27 and robbing a liquor store, according to the indictment. Meeks said the video footage from the Peru robbery was released to other law enforcement agencies around the state, and investigators were able to link similarities from the robberies in the other cities and identify Hammond. Hammond was arrested on Oct. 31 during a traffic stop near Plymouth. Police said he was in possession of meth and a gun similar to the one used in the robbery in Decatur. Hammond was also reportedly wearing the same clothes and shoes seen in video surveillance from the Decatur robbery, according to WANE TV.