JERSEY CITY -- Four men made off with $60 and other items after robbing a man outside the Journal Square PATH Station on Tuesday night, but only made it a few blocks before police caught up with them, cops said.

At about 11:50 p.m., the 33-year-old victim told police he was approached by four men who told him to "give us your money" at the entrance to the Journal Square PATH station, Port Authority police spokesman Joe Pentangelo said.

When the victim refused, he was punched in the jaw and placed in a choke hold by the group of men, who took off with his money, backpack, and a silver ring, Pentangelo said.

Officers searched the area and found the suspects outside the Dunkin Donuts on Summit Avenue, just around the corner from the transportation hub where the robbery allegedly occurred, Pentangelo said.

Plice recovered the victim's book bag -- which contained mail addressed to the victim -- and his ring. The $60 was not recovered, Pentangelo said.

Police arrested three homeless men -- Alfredo James, 46, Anthony Andrew, 47, Antevious Gillespie, 29 -- and Kyle Barnes, 48, of Union City and charged them with robbery and conspiracy.

Andrew and Gillespie were each additionally charged with criminal possession of stolen property.

The victim's clothes were ripped during the robbery and he later refused medical attention, Pentangelo said.

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