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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Soccer_Ball_Theft.html

SAMMAMISH, Wash. -- Whoever bounced off with 54 new soccer balls and other paraphernalia from a high school ticket booth took a lot of time so as not "to make a big mess," puzzled investigators say.

A quarter-inch-thick glass pane weighing about 30 pounds was carefully removed and placed against the outside of the booth near Eastlake High School sometime between March 4 and 6, when the burglary was discovered, said King County sheriff's Deputy Stanley J. Chapin, a school resource officer.

"They removed the entire window to the ticket booth. It took some time," Chapin said.

"It wasn't a smash and grab, it was kind of like a 'nice' burglar - not to make a big mess," he said. "You wouldn't have noticed it because the window was missing."