A Hoboken teen has been charged with stealing from unsuspecting basketball players at a city park and two men have been charged with putting him up to the crime, police said.

The 15-year-old, whose name is withheld because he is a minor, was charged with two counts of juvenile delinquency thefts for the incidents on Aug. 8 and Aug. 12, Hoboken police Lt. Edgardo Cruz said. He was released to his parents.

The two men, Frank Henderson, 22, and Curtis Brown, 23, both of Hobooken, were charged with two counts of receiving stolen property and two counts of employing a juvenile in the commission of a crime, Cruz said.

On Aug. 8, police met a theft victim who told them his cell phone was stolen while he was playing basketball in Church Square Park, on Willow Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets, that day.

Four days later, another victim approached an off-duty officer and told him his bag -- which contained a $1,000 dollar wedding band, cash, apple airpods and numerous credit cards -- was stolen from Church Square Park, also while he was playing basketball.

This victim told police he saw a person on the other side of the courts who left the scene around the same time the bag was noticed missing, Cruz said.

Detectives John Quinones and Robert Roman found that the same person -- the 15-year-old -- had stolen the items in both incidents, Cruz said. The teen was arrested that day, Henderson the following day and Brown turned himself in on Aug. 14, Cruz said.

Both Henderson and Brown were taken to Hudson County jail.