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Three armed robberies were reported in Jersey City early this morning, police said.

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JERSEY CITY -- Four people were robbed at gunpoint in three separate incidents early Monday morning, including one that took place near the Journal Square PATH Station, police said.

Cellphones were reported stolen in the three robberies, which occurred within a two-hour window of time. Police believe at least two of the robberies were carried by the same suspect.

At about 3 a.m., two men -- ages 25 and 27 -- were walking home from the Journal Square PATH station through an alley near the Loews Jersey Theatre when they heard someone running behind them, police said.

The victims turned around and saw two men with covered faces approaching them. One of the suspects grabbed a gold chain from the 25-year-old's neck and his Samsung Galaxy Grand cellphone before throwing him on the ground, according to a police report.

The second suspect took $30 from the 27-year-old's wallet before fleeing the scene. Both victims walked to a Wright Avenue home and reported the robbery, police said.

Just over an hour later, a 25-year-old man was approached by a man wearing a dark hoodie and blue jeans on Highland Avenue and Van Reypen Street at about 4:15 a.m., according to a police report.

The suspect asked the victim -- a Union Street resident -- for his phone. The 25-year-old complied, thinking the suspect was going to enter his number into the cellphone. But instead, the suspect pointed a black handgun at the victim after being asked where he was going with the phone, the report states.

Then, while two officers were investigating the second robbery, a 20-year-old man stopped them at Summit and Belmont avenues and said he was just robbed at gunpoint in front of his Park Street home, police said. The police report does not specify why the two officers were canvassing in that area.

The suspect demanded the victim's iPhone 6 Plus and the password to the phone. The 20-year-old man said the suspect -- whose description matched the suspect of the Kennedy Boulevard robbery -- pointed to a black handgun and told the victim to walk north on Park Street and not turn around, the report states.

Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said police believe the same suspect may be responsible for the Highland Avenue and Park Street robberies. The Journal Square robbery is unrelated, Morrill said.

No arrests have yet been made.

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