DANVERS - Three teens are facing charges in connection with a series of car breaks in Danvers early yesterday morning after police found them in an SUV filled with car stereos, satellite radios, cell phones, cameras and iPods.

Corey Accettullo, 17, of Malden, Salvator DiPriscio, 17, and Robert Griffin, 18, both of Revere, pleaded not guilty to receiving stolen property and drug possession at their arraignment yesterday afternoon in Salem District Court.

A judge set bail at $1,000 each but ordered them to serve 60 days for violating the terms of their release in a similar case pending in Cambridge.

It was around 2 a.m. when a resident of Alma Lane called 911 to report that she was awakened by noises from the street and her dog barking, prosecutor Poppi Hagan said.

When the woman looked out her window, she saw two young men getting into an SUV and pulling away with the headlights off.

Danvers police converged on the area and eventually spotted the SUV, still with its lights out, Hagan said, on Walnut Street.

When they stopped the vehicle, Hagan said, officers noticed "an overpowering odor of marijuana."

They ordered the teens out of the SUV and searched them and the vehicle, finding two large boxes filled with electronic items that appeared to be stolen. They also found about 2 ounces of marijuana and 19 Klonopin pills that appeared to be packaged to be sold.

The SUV was littered with flashlights, latex gloves, wire cutters and screwdrivers, Hagan said.

Police were still unsure how many cars were broken into yesterday, because they were waiting to get reports from owners, Hagan told the judge.

The teens were also being questioned in connection with an accident in Topsfield.

Lawyers for the teens questioned whether police had a valid basis to make the stop and whether a court clerk was given sufficient evidence to issue the criminal charges. A police report was not written about the incident until nearly 3 p.m., hours after the three had been brought to court, and the initial information provided to the clerk and the judge was limited.

"(There) doesn't seem to have been any legitimate reason to pull that motor vehicle over," said Patrick Regan, a lawyer representing DiPriscio, yesterday, before a police report was produced indicating that the SUV was being driven with its lights out and that it had crossed a double yellow line.

Judge Joseph Jennings had initially asked a probation officer whether ankle bracelets equipped with Global Positioning Systems were available but after hearing the additional details simply ordered them held.

The three are being held at Middleton Jail. They are due back in court on June 21.