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Bayonne police say they caught three city teens with a stolen parking meter.

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Feats of strength or just plain thievery?

Three Bayonne teens were caught walking down Broadway hauling a stolen parking meter earlier this week, said police.

At around 4 a.m. on Monday, Kevin Sukkeharran, 18, and Jordan J. Quilca, 19 were charged with theft and receiving stolen property, said Bayonne Police Lt. Janine Foy.

Sukkeharran and Quilca were also with a 17-year-old, who was not charged, Foy said.

“Officers saw them walking east on 32nd Street and Avenue E, carrying a parking meter,” said Foy. “They admitted to lifting the parking meter off the ground and walking away with it.”

Police said according to the city’s Parking Authority, the value of the parking meter and its contents were $525.

Foy said the juvenile was released to his parents and the others were charged.

Police were tipped off by a neighbor who saw the brazen teens walking down Broadway.