Can I Get Out Of A Lease When Someone Already Broke In Through The Deadbolt Before I Brought My Stuff To Move In?

I’m just wondering. I’m not saying I will try to but I’m wondering if I can. I just got my key yesterday for my new studio apartment. Before I left, I made sure all the locks were definitely locked. With the deadbolt, I watched it to make sure I was doing it right, and with the doorknob lock, I also watched it and made sure it was locked. I started walking to my car and then I went back to turn the doorknob to make sure it was locked (which I have to do, like OCD). Then I drove back to my family member’s place. The next day I packed up all of my stuff into my car, and I drove there in the evening. I put my key in the doorknob, and both the doorknob and the deadbolt were unlocked. I was shocked. I thought someone else might have a copy of the key, because the leasing agent used a lockbox with a code to show the property, and she wasn’t there. When she got back to me, she said I can change the locks and she will reimburse me. Only later did I notice that there are marks and dents around the deadbolt, so someone must have broken in. I drove back to my family member’s place with all of my stuff. My plan is to change the deadbolts for ones that cannot be bumped or picked, and to put up security cameras (which I was gonna do before, but I was hoping I could wait a bit, but now I know I will need them ASAP). But part of me wonders what I have gotten myself into and if I can get out of the lease…?
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