Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Orlando police have recovered two sets of earrings worth a combined $769,500 (£597,000) after an alleged thief swallowed them more than two weeks ago. Jaythan Gilder, 32, swallowed the Tiffany & Co. diamond earrings around the time he was taken into custody on 26 February, police said. Mr Gilder was monitored by detectives at an Orlando hospital for ‘more than a dozen days’ before the earrings were expelled from his system, according to the Orlando Police Department. … Police allege Mr Gilder posed as an assistant to an NBA player so he could be shown ‘very high-end jewellery’ in a VIP room at a Tiffany & Co. store in Orlando, Florida on 26 February. Mr Gilder allegedly distracted store employees, then ran from the store with two pairs of earrings. The suspect apparently also dropped a diamond ring valued at $587,000 as he fled the store.” (03/22/25)