$769,500 earrings recovered after Florida man swallows them

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

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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.

Mr Gilder faces charges of robbery with a mask and grand theft in the first degree.

Tiffany's has since cleaned the earrings.

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