Three people were robbed at gunpoint separately in the Newport-Mesa area Sunday night and Monday morning, police said.
About midnight Sunday, a 30-year-old Costa Mesa man was walking in the 1700 block of Orange Avenue when two men approached him, said they had a gun and then demanded his wallet, said Costa Mesa Police Sgt. Phil Myers.
When the man replied that he was not carrying his wallet, the robbers patted him man down, and stole his cell phone and a pack of cigarettes, Myers said.