FD would want it to look like EE had access to the plates and that EE stole them from FD, altered them, and used them for EE to avoid detection.
FD Built all 7 homes, was the head of the Jefferson Crossing Home Owner's Association, and FD would have known the who, what, when, and where of all 7 homes and their security systems.
IMO, FD wanted to be picked up by the neighbor's camera, looking like a normal guy, just getting his mail, and nothing else going on, No big deal, just returning from date night.
The phone pings on a more than 4 mile stretch of Albany Avenue in the Hartford Area, was about as stupid as you can get. IMO.
Maybe he figured that he had gotten away with everything by that point and did not think about the phones.
FD was so careful with his phone pings throughout the day and then did the one thing that also got picked up on LE cameras all up and down Albany Avenue in the Hartford Area.
IMO, FD was cocky that he got away with it and cocky people make mistakes.
The Only reason that LE had video of FD's Date Night fiasco, is because FD's and MT's phone pinged along the more than 4 mile stretch of Albany Avenue in the Hartford Area.
Had they left their phones at home, LE would not have come across the LE videos unless someone came forward that physically placed FD and MT on Albany Avenue that evening.