Not true!!!! Unless........the State prosecutes the burglar. If they "cut him a sweet deal", then he's working for the State. BOTH should be prosecuted AND the appartment manager should also be prosecuted IF he entered the appartment to see the evidence. Most states require an advance notification of the tenent, before an apartment owner, or those in his employ, are allowed to enter an apartment.
If they "cut him a sweet deal", then he's working for the State.
No, as long as the state had no prior knowledge that he was going to enter the apartment, he's not the state's agent. Criminals provide evidence against other criminals all the time. They don't have to have known each other.