Woman beaten with pipe during robbery at Fremont Hub shopping center

FREMONT — A woman became the third robbery victim in 11 days at a popular shopping center on Monday, and police are trying to find the culprits.

The suspect in the most recent attack at the Fremont Hub drove off with the woman’s purse and left her with cuts on her head and hands after hitting her with an object described as a metal pipe and pushing her to the ground, police said.

Police are also investigating a Jan. 10 robbery at the shopping center, as well as one on Jan. 5. Police do not believe any of them are related. The Fremont Hub borders Fremont Boulevard and Argonaut Way.

The Monday robbery happened just before 1:30 p.m. According to police, the woman parked her car and walked across the parking lot when a dark older sedan pulled up next to her. A man in his early 40s exited the driver’s seat, approached her and demanded she “hand over her purse” several times, police said.

She refused him, and police said he pulled out the pipe and hit her approximately three times. He then pushed her to the ground and took her purse, police said. The woman suffered head injuries from the pipe strikes, and hand injuries when she fell.

Police said the pipe was approximately 12 to 18 inches long.

Exactly a week earlier, a man in his 20s took fragrances from a store after telling an employee he had a gun, police said. Nobody ever saw the gun, police said.

On Jan. 5, Two men used a knife while taking perfume from a store, police said. They fled in a silver vehicle toward Mowry Avenue.

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