Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Suspect allegedly swallows stolen diamonds

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Orlando police had to wait almost two weeks to recover over $769,000 worth of allegedly stolen earrings swallowed by the suspect. Video by Orlando Police Department via Storyful

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00:00On the afternoon of Wednesday, February 26th, we responded to Mall at Millennia, Tiffany's

00:10and Co. in reference to a commercial robbery, where an individual posing as an assistant

00:14for an NBA player had Tiffany select some very high-end jewelry and go into their VIP

00:19room, where he attempted to take a $575,000 ring and approximately $780,000 worth of earrings.

00:28He left the mall and got into a vehicle, which we later tracked down to Washington

00:35County, and we were able to notify the Florida Highway Patrol, and they tracked him there

00:41and were able to stop him.

00:43During that interaction, FHP had their own traffic charges on him.

00:47They noticed items in his mouth he was attempting to swallow, which a body scan at the Washington

00:53County Jail later found to be foreign objects suspected to be the Tiffany's earrings.

00:59Later, after the diamonds were expelled from his system, we were able to bring the diamonds

01:05to Tiffany's, where they were cleaned and where their master jeweler looked at the inscription

01:09or serial numbers on the diamonds and confirmed they were the very diamonds that were stolen

01:13on the 26th.

01:14I'm very proud of our team for all of our work.

01:19We acted quickly, diligently.

01:21We worked together tirelessly for days on end.

01:26This case quickly turned into a marathon, not a sprint, and everyone took the time out

01:32of their personal time, family time, other cases, and sacrificed that at the hospital

01:38waiting on this individual.

01:39Everybody did an excellent job in researching, recovery, and just making sure this happens

01:45as quickly as possible.

01:51For more information, visit www.FEMA.gov

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