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One of Drake tour buses robbed of an estimated $3 million in jewelry
This article was interesting to me, but for a different reason than it seems. When I read the title the first question I had was this really going to be a robbery. More likely I thought it would be a theft or burglary, which it was.
I know its nitpicky, but these writers do have editors for a reason. They missed this one A robbery is an offense against a person. Since no one was on the bus at the time the jewelry was stolen, its a burglary, not a robbery.
So what? That's a fair question, aren't I just being a semantic Nazi?
Well there is in the law quite a difference between a burglary, theft and a robbery.
A theft is more of a general term that involves stealing from others. If you steal from a person using force or intimidation, that's a robbery. Its a much more serious offense.
A burglary is a theft too, but its where you enter a house, building or car. Its more serious than a simple theft as well. Burglarizing an inhabited dwelling is even more serious, even if you did not know the victims were at home. Burglarizing a home while armed is yet even more serious.
Similarly, an armed robbery is way, way more serious than a simple robbery. If I intimidate you into giving me your wallet, that's a simple robbery. If I do so using a knife or gun, that an armed robbery, 5-99 years at hard labor.
So if I read this article correctly, this was more of a burglary than a robbery. Yes its splitting hairs, but aspiring forum thieves need to know this distinction. Its quite a big distinction if you get caught. Had Drake been on this bus, the penalty for the crime would be way more.
This article was interesting to me, but for a different reason than it seems. When I read the title the first question I had was this really going to be a robbery. More likely I thought it would be a theft or burglary, which it was.
I know its nitpicky, but these writers do have editors for a reason. They missed this one A robbery is an offense against a person. Since no one was on the bus at the time the jewelry was stolen, its a burglary, not a robbery.
So what? That's a fair question, aren't I just being a semantic Nazi?
Well there is in the law quite a difference between a burglary, theft and a robbery.
A theft is more of a general term that involves stealing from others. If you steal from a person using force or intimidation, that's a robbery. Its a much more serious offense.
A burglary is a theft too, but its where you enter a house, building or car. Its more serious than a simple theft as well. Burglarizing an inhabited dwelling is even more serious, even if you did not know the victims were at home. Burglarizing a home while armed is yet even more serious.
Similarly, an armed robbery is way, way more serious than a simple robbery. If I intimidate you into giving me your wallet, that's a simple robbery. If I do so using a knife or gun, that an armed robbery, 5-99 years at hard labor.
So if I read this article correctly, this was more of a burglary than a robbery. Yes its splitting hairs, but aspiring forum thieves need to know this distinction. Its quite a big distinction if you get caught. Had Drake been on this bus, the penalty for the crime would be way more.