It's wrong to burgle.
Jim is a bit short on rent for the month for the apartment he lives in.
Jim needs to get money to pay his bills.
Jim decides to clean his neighbor's apartment for some extra cash.
Jim decides to break in to his neighbor's apartment and sell some of their stuff at the local pawnshop.
Jim becomes good friends with his neighbor in the process of working for him.
Jim is later identified by fingerprints at the crime scene and goes to jail.