Man Swallows Diamond Earrings Worth Rs 6.8 Crore In US. This Happened Next

After swallowing diamond earrings worth Rs 6.8 crore from Tiffany & Co, this Florida man outed himself by asking the authorities if he was going to jail for what was in his stomach.

Gilder was stopped by the Orlando Police Department on Interstate 10.

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A man from the United States swallowed two pairs of diamond earrings from a Tiffany & Co in at the Mall at Millenia in Orlando on February 26. Jaythan Lawrence Gilder, 32, pretended to be a representative for an Orlando Magic player to get access to the jewellery store where the two earrings were worth over Rs 6.8 crore, according to WFLA.

The suspected thief allegedly fled the store with two sets of earrings—one 4.86-carat set valued at $160,000 (over Rs 1.3 crores) and another 8.10-carat set worth $609,500 (Rs 5.2 crore). In a video from the store, Gilder is seen rushing out after grabbing the earrings. 

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Jaythan Lawrence Gilder, 33, from Texas, claimed to represent an Orlando Magic player

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Later, Gilder was stopped by the Orlando Police Department on Interstate 10 and was charged with resisting arrest. Since they were unable to locate the stolen earrings at first, they charged the accused with theft.

Charged With Another Tiffany & Co. Store

While in jail, he asked the staff whether he was going to be charged for what was in his stomach, this led toa a body scan, in which the authorities foreign objects inside his digestive tract. These were said to be suspected to be the Tiffany & Co. earrings taken in the robbery, but they will be collected by the Walton County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) once they pass through Gilder’s system.

Gilder has 48 outstanding warrants in Colorado and was previously charged with robbing another Tiffany & Co. store in Texas in 2022, according to the WFLA report. He now faces charges of first-degree grand theft and robbery while wearing a mask. A trooper in the Orange County jail overheard Gilder say, “I should have thrown them out the window,” the report said.