In order to receive the reward, the tipster would need to contact Crime Stoppers to provide identifying information on the suspected thief. KPRC 2 spoke to Crime Stoppers of Houston who said, in this case, they offered the reward only for information leading to an arrest. “If he never had been doing that work behind that toilet, they would have never known that money was there.” “He’s the one who found it,” Lindsey said. Now, we’re wondering if the plumber who discovered money in the walls will be rewarded. Did they have an accident, you know what I mean? It’s like, why did they never go back? If it’s that money, why did they never go back?” Lindsey said.Ī representative from Lakewood Church acknowledged cash and checks were found at the facility during repairs.Ĭrime Stoppers of Houston offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect at the time of the theft. “Don’t you want to know what happened, I mean they stole the money, but they didn’t get it out of the wall. Lakewood Church: The Houston megachurch by the numbers Houston’s Lakewood Church burglarized of $600K It’s unclear how much money the plumber discovered, but the case raises a lot of questions. In fact, the Houston Police Department is still investigating the seven-year-old case involving the disappearance of $600,000.
PLUMBER FINDS MONEY IN CHURCH WALL FULL
“So, then he relayed to us that in 2014 there was a big story about money being stolen from Lakewood Church that they never recovered.” A plumber found 500 envelopes full of cash and checks inside the bathroom of the Houston, Texas, church of celebrity pastor Joel Osteen.A plumber said that he found the money lodged behind a toilet while he was doing work in the bathroom of Osteens Lakewood Church on Nov. “We were like, ‘What are you talking about?’” Lindsey said. Lindsey couldn’t believe what he had just heard. “I went ahead and contacted the maintenance supervisor that was there, and I turned it all in,” he added. The caller said the envelopes were full of cash and checks. “We went to go remove the toilet, and I moved some insulation away and about 500 envelopes fell out of the wall, and I was like ‘Oh wow!’” “There was a loose toilet in the wall, and we removed the tile,” the caller said. Lindsey was shocked when he listened to viewers Thursday morning, but says this one caller really took the segment over the edge. “The things he was telling us that they found in the walls.” “It was just unbelievable!” morning show host for the Morning Bullpen at 100.3 The Bull George Lindsey said. The news about the recent discovery came to light on a radio morning show at 100.3 The Bull. Evidence from the recovered checks suggests this November case is connected to the Matheft report of undisclosed amounts of money at the church, Houston police confirmed Friday. The undisclosed amount of money found in the wall was inventoried and left in the custody of Lakewood Church since it was property found on its premises, police said. Now, all these years later, another bombshell has dropped.Ī plumber says he found a large amount of money in a wall while he was doing work at the church on Nov. The Plumber, named Justin, was at Osteens megachurch to fix a loose toilet but after removing it from the wall. I can't make it work out my way, but I know you're in control.HOUSTON – You may remember hundreds of thousands of dollars that were stolen from a safe at Lakewood Church. The Plumber found cash and checks 7 years after Joel Osteens churh was robbed. In spring 2014, Osteen tweeted appearing to reference the crime: "Trust is saying, 'God I'm not going to let this upset me. The church said the funds were fully insured, and officials were working with an insurance company to restore the money. The megachurch's celebrity pastor, Osteen, later announced news of the burglary to his massive congregation that draws tens of thousands of people. A Houston Chronicle report from that time say a church employee was the first to discover the missing money. In March 2014, officials with the Houston Police Department said $200,000 in cash and $400,000 in checks, as well as written credit card information, was stolen from the church's safe. Burglary and theft officers with the police department documented the undisclosed amount and left the funds with Lakewood Church since it was discovered on the premises, authorities said.
Neither the church nor authorities said how much money was recovered. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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