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Justin Lorelli, 17, of Great Kills, is accused of a bashing a Lamborghini with a bat and causing more than $17,000 in damage.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- One of the vandals who police say bashed a 2004 Lamborghini Gallardo in Great Kills last month did it because he "thought it would be cool to hit a car with a bat," authorities allege.

The vehicle's owner keeps it as a reminder of his late father, a 9/11 victim. Both were Lamborghini enthusiasts, and the car's owner, Brandon Millman, 27, said he bought it to remind him of the conversations they had when he was a boy.

Police arrested Justin Lorelli, 17, of Glover Street, on Monday, hitting him with felony charges in connection with the Jan. 24 vandalism.

The sports car was parked around the block from Lorelli's home, on Filipe Lane, and surveillance video captured the late-night strike.

Two other suspects remain at large -- one filmed the vandalism, and the other stood lookout.

Lorelli told police, according to court papers, "On January 24th I was being stupid. I thought it would be cool to hit a car with a bat. That night I ran up to a Lamborghini and hit the side of the car with a bat."

He did $17,540.62 worth of damage to the car, according to police.

It's not Lorelli's first brush with the law. On Oct. 10, police allege, he pulled the rear license plate off his car, then tried to get rid of Four Loko cans after drunkenly crashing into a parked vehicle in Eltingville.

The disposition of that case was not immediately known Tuesday.

"I would love for him to get jail time, at least pay me back what it cost me," Millman told the Advance Tuesday.

The car, which he purchased about three years ago, serves as a direct reminder of the bond he shared with his late father, Benjamin Millman, a carpenter who was killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Lamborghini was the late Millman's favorite car manufacturer.

"I personally always loved Lamborghinis as a kid, and so did he. We were always into monster trucks and cars, and going to the track," Millman said. "I bought the one that I could afford ... He used to joke around with me, I'll get you one when you're older."