And finally… breakfast at Tiffany’s
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A bumbling thief allegedly swallowed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Tiffany jewellery to conceal his crime before admitting he would have been better off throwing them out of a window.
Texas man Jaythan Gilder, 32, was invited into the VIP room of a Tiffany & Co. jewellery store after claiming to be a representative of a professional basketball player.
He was shown pairs of diamond earrings worth $160,000 and $609,500 each, as well as a diamond ring worth $587,000 — which he then allegedly tried to steal.
The ring was dropped during a scuffle but Gilder escaped with the earrings and fled in his vehicle, police said.
When police caught up with him, Gilder allegedly swallowed several items, CBS News reports.
Officer said they subsequently heard him say: “I should have thrown them out the window.”
On arrival at jail, he allegedly added: “Am I going to be charged with what’s in my stomach?”
An X-ray located the foreign objects in his stomach, which police believe to be the Tiffany earrings with a combined value of $769,500 (around €710,000 or £595,000).
He has been charged with grand theft in the first degree and robbery with a mask.
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