Because if you do, someone may try to rob you. Then, a gunbattle may ensue. No fun.
And it’s not like they weren’t going to get caught, anyway. After a simple burglary in Euless turned into a huge score when they found a safe stocked with nearly $60,000, the burglars went a little crazy. As noted in the Star-T story:
For the next several days, the burglars went off on an extravagant spending spree, buying a Nissan on eBay and a Cadillac Eldorado, staying at expensive hotels, purchasing clothes and jewelry, a block of marijuana and gold grills for their teeth, police said.
