Sounds like you can take the boy out of the 'hood, but you can't take the 'hood out of the boy.
I think he was caught in the act...
what better night to case houses or check to see if there is an open window and nobody home but a rainy night when everyone would be inside and not watching ???
He could have just snuck on home but maybe he wasnt ready to go right then...
George lost sight of him...
if he had just gone on home George would not have known who he was...
he also told Rachel he was planning a burglary or doing one at the time he spoke to her before George saw him or while George was looking for him...
Rachel is George’s best witness...