String of armed robberies involving white sedan reported overnight in Lincoln Park, Streeterville and Wicker Park

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CHICAGO (CBS)-- Three armed robberies were reported within an hour in the Chicago area overnight 

All three of the incidents took place only a few miles apart and involved a white sedan. 

Just before 1 a.m., police said a man was standing on the sidewalk, in the 1800 block of West Division Street, in Wicker Park, when three men got out of a white sedan. 

The offenders took the victim's phone at gunpoint before driving away.

Twenty minutes earlier in the Lincoln Park area, police said a man was standing on a sidewalk outside of a restaurant, in the 1700 block of North Clybourn Avenue, when five men got out of a white sedan and took his phone and wallet at gunpoint. 

At 11:40 p.m., a man and woman were walking in Streeterville, in the 400 block of East Ohio Street, when three men got out a white sedan with a gun. They took the man's phone and wallet and hit him in the face before driving away. 

Police did not confirm if these incidents are connected. 

The robberies are under investigation. 

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