on November 10, Houston police officers were called to Lakewood Church at 3700 Southwest Freeway for a report of property discovered in the building,” the Houston Police Department confirmed Friday on Twitter. The plumber also said he notified an employee at the church, who contacted the authorities. A plumber doing repair work at pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church found hundreds of envelopes of cash and checks hidden in a wall that police think is connected to a massive 2014. I was like, ‘Oh wow,’” the plumber said on the Houston radio program, as first reported by Click2Houston. “I went to go remove the toilet and I moved some insulation away and about 500 envelopes fell out of the wall. READ MORE: Money found in Lakewood Church wall may be tied to 2014 theft case, police say 'As he was talking, I was cross referencing all those details. It has 368 full-time and part-time staff. A plumber found cash, checks, and money orders in a bathroom wall of the Houston church of celebrity pastor Joel OsteenJoel OsteenJoel Osteen is the senior pastor of Lakewood Church with his wife, Victoria, who serves as co-pastor. The plumber made the claim Thursday morning during a call-in to a Houston radio show, saying he found the envelopes around a month back while working in a bathroom. Sierra Juarez is a fact-checker at Texas Monthly - Wikipedia. Investigators believe the find may have something to do with a 2014 theft at the megachurch, police confirmed.
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(NEXSTAR) - A plumber in Houston claims to have found about 500 envelopes full of cash and checks inside a wall at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. While the amount of money found remains unknown, the discovery comes seven years after 600,000 in cash and checks were reported as having been stolen from a safe in the church in March 2014. He has solved a case that has been on the books for seven years.This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. George Lindsey, a host of "The Morning Bullpen," said he believes Justin was frustrated that he hadn't heard anything from the church or police since finding the stash. Crime Stoppers still has a $5,000 reward for the case, but only for information that leads to an arrest, meaning that the plumber wouldn't qualify simply for finding the loot. RELATED: "Bags and bags" of money found stashed in bathroom wall at Joel Osteen's megachurch: reportĪ Crime Stoppers Houston official told the NYT that $20,000 of the $25,000 reward had been donated by Lakewood Church. "During the call, the plumber noted that there was a $25,000 reward offered, saying with a laugh, 'I need some compensation.' He said he never thought about pocketing any of the envelopes," the NYT reports. The plumber who found the money identified himself only as Justin when he told his story Thursday morning on the " The Morning Bullpen with George Mo and Erik."
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the church housed in former stadium that was home to the Houston Rockets drew roughly 42,000 people to services every week. The New York Times reports that after the 2014 theft, which reportedly was discovered by an employee, the church said in a statement that the missing "funds were fully insured, and we are working with our insurance company to restore the stolen funds to the church." According to KPRC Channel 2, the church also said the stolen money represented funds that were contributed during one weekend of services. Want a daily wrap-up of all the news and commentary Salon has to offer? Subscribe to our morning newsletter, Crash Course. "Evidence from the recovered checks suggests this November case is connected to a Matheft report of undisclosed amounts of money at the church," the Houston Police Department said in a statement posted to Twitter on Friday afternoon, adding that the investigation is continuing. The plumber's discovery came seven years Lakewood Church reported that $200,000 in cash and $400,000 in checks had been stolen from the safe. 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. 10 by a plumber who removed tile and insulation from the wall while fixing a loose toilet. The cash, checks and money orders were discovered on Nov. The "bags and bags" of money found stashed in a bathroom wall at televangelist Joel Osteen's megachurch have been linked to a 2014 theft from a safe at the Houston facility.
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