STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Call it the heist of the cent-ury.

A trio of hapless teens broke into a West Brighton Dunkin' Donuts over the weekend, only to find rolls of coins to steal, according to police.

The penny-ante caper took place two minutes before midnight Friday, at the doughnut chain's 1872 Richmond Terrace location, according to police.

Police say the teens -- Esteban Meza, 18, of Barker Street in West Brighton, Douglas Marshall, 16, of Scribner Avenue in New Brighton, and Victor Martinez, 16, of Riley Place in Port Richmond -- got into the store by taking turns hurling a cinder block at a glass door.

"We went in to see if they had value, but there wasn't much but rolls of pennies. We took them," said Meza in a written statement, according to police. All three suspect admitted to the break-in, court papers allege.

Police caught all three on the scene, court papers allege, and each of them still had their cut of the heist -- $11.15 for Martinez, $4.50 for Meza, and $3.50 for Marshall.

All three are charged with third-degree burglary, third-degree criminal mischief, petit larceny and fifth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, according to information from District Attorney Daniel Donovan's office.

Martinez, who court papers allege was carrying a Leatherman multi-tool, was also charged with possession of burglary tools.

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