They say that he had stolen two pairs of diamond earrings worth a total of $769,500 from Tiffany & Company in Orlando — then swallowed them hours later as the police were about to arrest him.

Detectives in Florida say a suspected thief gulped down two pairs of diamond earrings during his arrest on the side of a highway last week.

Detectives have recovered four diamond earrings from a suspected thief two weeks after he gulped the Tiffany & Co. jewelry worth nearly $770,000 during his arrest on the side of a highway in the Flori ...