From "Barry Zelf's Guide for Beginning Burglars"

Perhaps the most underrated element of any smooth criminal operation is a hiding place. When the cops are on your trail, you need to be able to find a good place to lay low for a while into the heat's off.

Pretty much any place can serve as a good hiding spot...you can hide yourself in a park, under a bridge, in an attic (preferably the attic of somebody you know, but it's not required), in the back seat of a car, in a big hole in the ground, under a rock, inside a giant fish...wherever.

There's one place, though, you never, ever want to go. And whenever you might be tempted to go there, just remember this story and remind yourself: that coulda been me.