Jaythan Gilder, 32, is accused of posing as a representative of an Orlando Magic player before he swiped two pairs of earrings worth $769,500 from a Tiffany & Co. in Orlando, police said.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A man is accused of stealing $769,500 worth of earrings from an Orlando jewelry store, before swallowing them when he was taken into custody, police said.

A Texas man is accused of forcibly stealing two pairs of diamond earrings worth nearly $770,000 from an Tiffany & Co. store in central Florida and swallowing the jewelry when state troopers pulled him over hours later.