BARNEGAT TWP., N.J. --

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Police at the shore say 6 kids have confessed to ripping apart a house using baseball bats - for an unbelievable reason.

No matter what way you looked inside the Barnegat Township home, you could see the destruction. It was obliterated, police said, by a group of children.

"Whatever they could, they destroyed," said Lt. Joseph Bogdany of the Barnegat Township Police Department. "… Honestly you can't find words to describe what they did."

Authorities say six neighborhood boys -- three sets of brothers between 11 and 14 years old -- broke into the house on the afternoon of Oct. 30 by smashing a sliding door with rocks.

Once inside, they allegedly used baseball bats, a metal rod, an ax, hammer and their hands to smash windows, kitchen cabinets, toilets, and mirrors.

Walls were left with huge gouges or taken down all together.

"I was amazed. I couldn't believe it. I mean, I don't care how bad kids are, that was a lot of damage," said neighbor Mary Kitzler.

The damage estimate was $35,000 to $40,000 to the home that had just been purchased three days earlier by a North Jersey police officer.

"I felt sorry for the cop," Kitzler said.

Thanks to a neighbor's tip, and clues such as footprints, police arrested the boys late last week on burglary and criminal mischief charges.

Authorities said they confessed to the crime and told detectives they did it because they were bored.

"They didn't go to school that day and they wanted something to do," Bogdany said. "They knew of a house that was vacant. It wasn't a dare or anything."

Police believe the boys trashed the house during a span of four hours. They want to know why they were alone and not in school that day, and said charges against some of the parents were not out of the question.

"We're already getting conflicting reports that maybe some parents may have ... not been a part of it ... but knew what happened afterwards and neglected to contact us and let us know," Bogdany said.

"I blame the parents," Kitzler said. "They're afraid to take control of their kids, in my mind."

The boys' names were not being made public because of their ages. They were all released to their parents' custody and now face hearings in juvenile court, reported NBC 10's Ted Greenberg.