dude, consider that this happened right in front of not only him, but about 10 other people, including myself.
some thieves are what you would call a 'smooth criminal'.
only once we got to trimming the branches from which she ripped off the top cola could we be certain. scissors leave a different cut than tearing by hand. and it is hard to see someone rip a top cola when they are behind 25+ other branches.
there were also more subtle ways. what looked to us like removing fan leaves was actually her way of making hash. rub the buds while pulling the leaves, get the hash on you, extract it in any number of ways.
also, she would nip off a few buds and let them drop to the floor while doing so. later on, when she went to sweep, she would find those buds and pocket them.
she was obviously not new to the business of stealing other people's hard work.
and i don't know if you are aware, but there are few villains worse than a weed thief in the circles we run. especially when you invite that weed thief into your home and pay them a VERY decent wage to trim for you, nd they burn that bridge and steal from you.
she should be fertilizing a plant right now. she should count herself lucky that the op is trying to be the person that his god wants him to be, rather than the person the us government trained him to be.
