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For example:

1. You break into someone's house and steal their crypto with no violence: burglary, not robbery.

1a. If they're present in the house, it's technically a home invasion even if there's no violence.

2. You break into someone's house and steal their crypto by physical violence: burglary and robbery

3. You break into someone's house and take a dump on their pillow: burglary (even though no theft), not robbery

4. You steal someone's crypto via violence on the street: robbery, not burglary

5. You steal someone's crypto by pickpocketing them on the street: not burglary, also not robbery




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