Maurice stopped the burglery, apprehended someone who had committed several other burglaries and got his money back.
Cops just come by afterwards, and arrest the guy for essentially doing their job.
Cops just pissed they didn’t get their share of the loot...commonly called the “Chocolate City Tax”.
“No sir, we only recovered $5000 while investigating this crime. Are you sure you had $10,000 in your truck? Should we have our drug dogs give the money a sniff?”