{"id":9178,"date":"2025-03-05T09:17:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T17:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/?p=9178"},"modified":"2025-03-05T09:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T17:17:22","slug":"police-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/police-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Police<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Florida Jewelry Thief Swallows $700,000 in Earrings Before Arrest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Florida jewelry thief swiped more than $700,000 in earrings and then swallowed the evidence just before he was arrested near Orlando last week, officials said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&quot;Professional Athlete&quot; Scam<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jaythan Gilder, 32, told employees at Tiffany &amp; Co. in the Mall at Millenia on February 26 that he represented &quot;a professional athlete&quot; before being &quot;shown several high-value pieces of jewelry, including two pairs of earrings worth $769,500,&quot; Orlando police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surveillance Footage Catches Thief<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Surveillance footage appeared to show Gilder sitting at a table inside the store with two pairs of earrings and a necklace in front of him. He then grabbed the earrings and took off, footage showed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thief Caught Swallowing Evidence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Florida Highway Patrol caught up with Gilder, who was &quot;seen swallowing several objects believed to be the stolen earrings,&quot; police said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>X-Ray Image Reveals Foreign Object<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Orlando police released an x-ray image that appeared to show a foreign object in the suspect&#8217;s abdomen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Repeat Offender<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gilder pulled off &quot;a similar robbery&quot; at a Tiffany &amp; Co. in 2022 in The Woodlands, Texas, and he has &quot;48 separate warrants out of Colorado,&quot; police added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update on Stolen Earrings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An Orlando police spokesperson declined comment on Wednesday when NBC News asked if the stolen earrings had been recovered. Police have &quot;no additional information to share at this time,&quot; the department representative said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The case highlights the cunning nature of some thieves and the determination of law enforcement to bring them to justice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FAQs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What was the value of the stolen earrings?\n<ul>\n<li>The earrings were worth $769,500.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>How many times has the suspect been in trouble before?\n<ul>\n<li>Jaythan Gilder has a history of jewelry theft, with a similar robbery in 2022 and 48 separate warrants out of Colorado.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Has the stolen evidence been recovered?\n<ul>\n<li>The Orlando police department has declined to comment on the status of the stolen earrings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police Florida Jewelry Thief Swallows $700,000 in Earrings Before Arrest A Florida jewelry thief swiped more than $700,000 in earrings and then swallowed the evidence just before he was arrested near Orlando last week, officials said. &quot;Professional Athlete&quot; Scam Jaythan Gilder, 32, told employees at Tiffany &amp; Co. in the Mall at Millenia on February [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crime-reports"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/media.nbclosangeles.com\/2025\/03\/ezgif-152ee84ec198a3.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&crop=0px%2C13px%2C1000px%2C563px&resize=1200%2C675&w=1200&resize=1200,675&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9180,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9178\/revisions\/9180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/los-angeles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}