A Texas man was arrested after he allegedly stole and swallowed $770K worth of jewelry on Feb. 26.
Jaythan Gilder, 32, allegedly showed up at an Orlando Tiffany & Co. store claiming he came on behalf of an Orlando Magic player and asking to see pieces of jewelry.
The suspect was brought to a VIP room where he was caught on security cameras swiping the jewelry before fleeing the store, injuring a store associate.
Gilder took off with two pairs of diamond earrings valued at $769,500. His vehicle was tracked down despite his attempts to switch the license plates.
The Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrested Gilder and took him to Washington County Jail where a live scan showed he had “foreign objects in his stomach.”
The objects are believed to be the stolen earrings that “will need to be collected by the [Washington County Sheriff’s Office] after they are passed through a Gilder’s system prior to confirming.”
