Dashcam video catches the moment man swallows $770K worth of Tiffany earrings after cops pull him over
Breakfast of Tiffany’s.Newly released video shows the moment cops battled to stop a Florida jewel thief from swallowing nearly $770,000 worth of Tiffany earrings he allegedly stole during a strong-arm heist gone wrong.Troopers from the Florida Highway Patrol were seen pulling over Jaythan Lawrence Gilder and fighting to search the inside of his mouth as he was escorted out of his car, according to the clip obtained by The Smoking Gun.Glider, 32, began thrashing around as three astonished officers wrestled him to the ground and demanded he “open his mouth,” according to the clip.A trooper pulled Glider over after cops were on alert about a robbery in theTiffany & Co.
store in The Mall of Millenia.The cop then noticed he “was talking with a closed mouth and was moving an object around…using his tongue,” according to an arrest warrant obtained by the outlet.“You’re about to get tased,” one trooper yelled as officers continued to try to get him to release the contents of his mouth.
“I don’t have to,” Glider replied through gritted teeth.Gilder allegedly pretended to be a representative for an Orlando Magic player to gain access to pricey jewelry at a Tiffany & Co.store in Orlando, Fla., on Feb.
26, WFLA reported.Video from inside the store captured him in a VIP room of the store, where he allegedly told staff that his name was Shawn and he was negotiating a sale for an Orlando Magic basketball team player, according to footage released by the Orlando Police Department.The accused thief then ran out of the store with two sets of earrings — one 4.86-carat set worth $160,000 and another 8.10-carat set worth $609,500, cops said.Gilder was stopped by the Orlando Police Department on Interstate 10 and charged with resisting arrest — but not theft, because the stolen earrings couldn’t be found.But while in jail, Gilder “spontaneously” asked staff if he was going to be charged “with what’s in my stomach,” the arrest report re...