My household just got the burglar event trigger (not by cheats and not using the lot challenge), and to my surprise, the sim that showed up is some randomly generated NPC, not Robin Banks (who I was ...
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Same here. Got my first burglar, was a random sim rather than Robin Banks. Save was created pre-patch. Platform: PC via EA App. No mods/CC ever in the save. My alien sim was able to use his alien powers to get rid of the burglar as expected.