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Florida man behind bizarre jewelry heist found guilty

Prosecutors say Gilder posed as a basketball player's representative at an Orlando Tiffany store in February 2025; sentencing will be announced later, and the jewelry is back.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA jury has found Jaythan Gilder guilty of robbery and grand theft over earrings taken from a Tiffany store, worth seven hundred sixty-nine thousand five hundred dollars.

  2. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterHe allegedly posed as a rep for a basketball player, they took him to a private room, and the jewelry came out on the table, and then it allegedly went INTO him!

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWent into him.

  4. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterFlorida troopers stopped him in Washington County and saw him trying to swallow several objects. Several, Hank! At a traffic stop!

  5. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterPicture the dashboard, the flashlight, the trooper's face!

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAuthorities then monitored him for nearly two weeks before they recovered the jewelry. That's the part nobody wants a sketch of.

  7. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterTwo weeks of waiting! I'd have brought snacks!

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe state attorney says the verdict sends a clear message. Sentencing comes later.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwo weeks of waiting, twelve jurors, and the verdict is the first thing in this whole saga anyone's been able to predict.

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