A Florida-based man posing as a rep for an Orlando Magic player stole two sets of Tiffany earrings worth $769,000 last week—and then swallowed them.

A man was accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from a Tiffany & Co. store in Orlando and swallowing the evidence.

A man accused of stealing nearly $770,000 worth of jewelry from Tiffany & Co. at the Mall at Millenia has been arrested, according to the Orlando Police Department.

A Texas man who claimed to represent an Orlando Magic player interested in purchasing nearly $1 million in jewelry from Tiffany & Co. allegedly swiped two pairs of earrings. He then allegedly ate the earrings – worth more than $700,

Jaythan Gilder, 32, told staff at Tiffany & Co. in the Mall at Millenia that he represented ‘a professional athlete,’ before being taken to a VIP room and shown an array of highly valuable items

Wrong kind of carats. An amateur jewel thief swallowed Tiffany & Co. earrings worth $769,000 in a strong-arm heist gone wrong last week, according to Orlando police. Jaythan Lawrence Gilder, 32, pretended to be a representative for an Orlando Magic player to gain access to pricey jewelry at a Tiffany & Co.

A man accused of stealing diamond earrings worth over $769,000 from a Tiffany & Co. store in Orlando shocked authorities by allegedly swallowing the jewellery in an attempt to hide the evidence.The heist: Impersonating an NBA representativeOn February 26,

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

Jaythan Gilder, 32, allegedly swiped two pairs of earrings worth $769,500 from a Tiffany & Co. in Orlando before taking the expensive gulp, police said.

A man in Orlando is accused of swallowing nearly $1 million in stolen diamond Tiffany jewelry before he was arrested, an arrest affidavit says. Officers from the Orlando Police Department on Feb. 26 responded to the Tiffany & Co.