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Florida man found guilty of robbery after swallowing stolen jewelry from Tiffany worth $760K
news4jax.com ^ | October 23, 2026 | Jonathan Lundy

Posted on 10/23/2026 7:26:56 AM PDT by V_TWIN

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ORLANDO, Fla. – A man was found guilty of robbery and grand theft after taking more than $760,000 in jewelry from an Orlando store and using force against an employee while trying to escape, prosecutors said.

Jaythan Gilder was convicted after a trial involving the February 2025 robbery at the Tiffany & Co. store at the Mall at Millenia, State Attorney Monique Worrell’s office said.

Prosecutors said Gilder posed as a representative negotiating a jewelry purchase on behalf of a professional basketball player before grabbing the merchandise.

After his arrest, he swallowed the stolen earrings in an attempt to hide the evidence, according to the release.


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"Authorities monitored him for nearly two weeks before recovering the jewelry"

Sounds like a crappy job. 😂

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1 posted on 10/23/2026 7:26:56 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Red Badger; dfwgator

Florida man ping!


2 posted on 10/23/2026 7:27:51 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

E-sof-o-guss, Don’ fails me naw!


3 posted on 10/23/2026 7:30:49 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: V_TWIN

“If a thief robs a jewelry store of all of its diamonds, the diamonds must be returned.”, Donald J. Trump. May 2021.


4 posted on 10/23/2026 7:39:00 AM PDT by C210N
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To: V_TWIN

Ah, the implications of high-end brands chasing thug culture influencers. The Tiffany rep probably thought nothing of letting this guy, who looks like a criminal, into the store and letting him hold a pair of $760,000 earrings because he claimed that he represented an NBA player. Why not? He looks the part. Tiffay's, whose snooty reps would not buzz a normal person in the door or even speak to a normal person in the store if they deigned to let them in, fall all over themselves to service this guy. Wouldn't it be great to get their jewelry or watches on this NBA player or his girlfriend?

5 posted on 10/23/2026 7:41:40 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: V_TWIN

We’ll wait to see the evidence..................


6 posted on 10/23/2026 7:42:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: V_TWIN

“And I said, what about, Breakfast at Tiffany’s....”


7 posted on 10/23/2026 7:47:57 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: V_TWIN

I AM CERTAIN EX-LAX COULD HAVE SPED THAT UP QUITE A BIT.

A TRIPLE DOSE WOULD HELP.


8 posted on 10/23/2026 7:55:45 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: V_TWIN

They couldve retrieved the jewelry a different way, like they did it in a three stooges movie


9 posted on 10/23/2026 8:02:07 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times Editor)
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To: V_TWIN

There are special cells, toilets, equipment, and handling instructions for such inmates. It is not a pleasant job, as being a jail or prison guard often has challenges. In addition to violence, there are inmates who commonly spit, bite, urinate, and throw feces at guards, other inmates, and around the jail.


10 posted on 10/23/2026 8:04:23 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: V_TWIN

There are special cells, toilets, equipment, and handling instructions for such inmates. It is not a pleasant job, as being a jail or prison guard often has challenges. In addition to violence, there are inmates who commonly spit, bite, urinate, and throw feces at guards, other inmates, and around the jail.


11 posted on 10/23/2026 8:04:24 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: V_TWIN

He earlier robbed a Zales and got away with tens of dollars of jewelry.


12 posted on 10/23/2026 8:17:10 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

LOL. He robbed the Zales to force them to take jewelry back.


13 posted on 10/23/2026 8:21:29 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: V_TWIN

It all comes out in the end ... or is that from the?


14 posted on 10/23/2026 8:41:54 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (First, I was a clinger, then deplorable, now I'm garbage. Feel the love? )
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I’m smiling in how they determined he had swallowd them. It takes a special type of xray even to see what makes them up in the body as they are not normally seeable in xray. And with that they don’t see the stone but what makes it up.

https://lepdodiamonds.com/glossary/diamond-xray-test/

wy69


15 posted on 10/23/2026 8:47:31 AM PDT by whitney69 (uipment )
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

OMG!!! The THIEF is BLACK!!


16 posted on 10/23/2026 9:25:00 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of ConvenieJerk)
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To: V_TWIN

That’s when they found out the gold wasn’t real.


17 posted on 10/23/2026 9:28:04 AM PDT by chickenlips (Congress, it's more profitable than the other form of prostitution)
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To: V_TWIN
Should have given the store owner a carving knife with permission to "have at it".

18 posted on 10/23/2026 10:58:37 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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