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Looks like Richie's conscience couldn't take it.
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That problem he had with drinking and drugs
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started just a few months after that first accident.
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That debt Richie told Derek he was settling --
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it was a karmic one.
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He wanted to make it right, expose the cover-up.
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He needed to prove that Modesto knew about the defect
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even before people started dying.
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That crash-test dummy -- that was his smoking gun.
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Which explains the break-in equipment.
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He needed it to steal the dummy from Modesto.
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No wonder Richie was paranoid