Sims 1 keeps crashing when I have a Burglar?

I've encountered the same issue, but instead of crashing, my game freezes and then displays a black screen while the background audio continues. I can still pause the game by pressing the 'P' key. To recover, I press CTRL+S to save and then ALT+F4 to attempt to exit—this ensures that the game is saved. If the game doesn't close, I use the Task Manager. When I restart the game, a black rectangle appears where the house in the neighborhood view should be; however, once I enter the lot, I see the burglar being arrested. This indicates that the issue seems to be triggered by the burglar stealing something.