ORLANDO — A suspected thief gulped down two pairs of diamond earrings throughout his arrest on the facet of a Florida Panhandle freeway final week, detectives say, leaving them with the unenviable job of ready to “gather” the Tiffany & Co. jewellery price almost $770,000.
Within the squad automotive, a state trooper heard the suspect say, “I ought to have thrown them out the window,” and on the Washington County jail he requested employees, “Am I going to be charged with what’s in my abdomen?” in keeping with the arrest report.
The 32-year-old man from Texas is accused of two felonies for forcibly stealing the earrings from an upscale Orlando procuring heart final Wednesday.
A suspected thief gulped down two pairs of diamond earrings throughout his arrest on the facet of a Florida Panhandle freeway final week
An X-ray of his torso reveals what the Orlando Police Division believed to be the diamond earrings – a white mass shining brightly in opposition to the gray backdrop of his digestive tract.
“These overseas objects are suspected to be the Tiffany & Co earrings taken within the theft however will should be collected … after they’re handed,” the division’s arrest report stated.
Orlando police spokeswoman Kaylee Bishop stated Wednesday she was checking with the lead detective on whether or not the earrings had been recovered but. The earrings’ standing additionally wasn’t identified to a deputy who answered the cellphone however would not give his title within the rural Panhandle county the place the suspect was arrested close to Chipley, Florida.
Handwriting on an order of dedication doc filed Monday stated “outdoors medical,” suggesting he was at a medical facility.
Throughout the theft, the person allegedly advised Tiffany gross sales associates he was inquisitive about buying diamond earrings and a diamond ring on behalf of an Orlando Magic basketball participant. Gross sales associates escorted the person to a VIP room the place he might view the jewellery. A short while later, he jumped out of his chair, grabbed the jewellery and tried to drive his means out of the door.
One of many gross sales associates was injured making an attempt to dam him however managed to knock the diamond ring, valued at $587,000, out of his palms.
Detectives obtained the license plate of the suspect’s automotive by way of shopping center safety footage and consider he was driving again to Texas. State troopers tracked the automotive from tag readers on the Florida Turnpike and Interstate 10 till he was pulled over for driving with out tail lamps in Washington County, nearly 340 miles (550 kilometers) away, the Orlando police report stated.
The suspect was charged with first-degree felony grand theft and theft with a masks, a third-degree felony. Court docket information confirmed no lawyer for him, and he was listed as being in police custody in Orange County Florida, which is residence to Orlando, as of Wednesday morning.
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