A Texas man is facing felony charges in Florida after allegedly stealing over $750,000 worth of jewelry from a Tiffany & Co. store at the Mall at Millenia in Orlando. Jaythan Lawrence Gilder, 32, was arrested in Washington County,

Florida Highway Patrol troopers reported arresting a Texas man wanted in Orlando after he swallowed four stolen diamonds valued at nearly $770,000.

Florida police have to wait for the “foreign objects” to pass through Jaythan Gilder’s digestive system before confirming they are the stolen earrings, officials said.

A man stole US$770,000 (NZD$1.3 million) worth of diamond earrings, then swallowed the jewellery before he was detained by state troopers later that day, Florida police say. Jaythan Gilder, 32, of Houston was accused of stealing two pairs of earrings from a Tiffany & Co store in an Orlando shopping mall on February 26,

ORLANDO, Fla. — A man is accused of stealing $769,500 worth of earrings from an Orlando jewelry store, before swallowing them when he was taken into custody, police said.

The man allegedly swallowed two pairs of earrings worth $769,500 (£597,000) hoping to avoid being charged with theft.

Police say man stole jewelry and swallowed it

A suspected thief gulped down two pairs of diamond earrings during his arrest on the side of a Florida Panhandle highway last week, detectives say, leaving them with the unenviable task of waiting to “collect” the Tiffany & Co.

A Texas man is accused of forcibly stealing two pairs of diamond earrings worth nearly $770,000 from an Tiffany & Co. store in central Florida and swallowing the jewelry when state troopers pulled him over hours later.