Greg Was Taken To Custody
The rumor of Joe spread across the neighborhood after Greg was taken into custody to be questioned because it was such an intriguing and unsettling situation that people were interested in.
He was aware that he had a limited amount of time to stay outside to gather evidence against the person he suspected might have set him up as an underground investigation was ongoing, so the best way to go about it was to create a distraction so he could buy enough time to gather his proof.