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. HOUSTON A plumber doing repairs at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church has made a discovery money stashed in a wall inside of the Houston megachurch. The megachurch's celebrity pastor, Osteen, later announced news of the burglary to his massive congregation that draws tens of thousands of people. Plumber finds missing money in wall of Joel Osteen’s church (NCD) By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk Decemat 9:20 am EST. The envelopes were discovered behind a loose toilet by the plumber while he was doing repairs at the Houston church on Nov. A church representative acknowledged the discovery, but it. A plumber who discovered stacks of cash and checks inside a wall at celebrity televangelist Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church last month has been awarded 20,000 by Crime Stoppers of Houston. 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 theft at the.
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A Houston Chronicle report from that time say a church employee was the first to discover the missing money. A plumber performing work at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Texas found envelopes full of cash and checks, according to news reports.
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. 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. 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. Sierra Juarez is a fact-checker at Texas Monthly - Wikipedia. Neither the church nor authorities said how much money was recovered. 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. “I feel like, at this point, I should have heard something,” the plumber told KPRC.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Lakewood Church officials have not publicly addressed the discovery of the envelopes.
A plumber called Houston, Texas radio station The Bull with a story that some say sounds like a mystery novel. The Plumber, named Justin, was at Osteens megachurch to fix a loose toilet but after removing it from the wall. At the time of the theft, church officials sent a letter out to more than 40,000 parishioners stating that they were working with their insurance company to restore the funds to the church. Plumber Finds Cache Of Money Behind Loose Toilet In Wall At Joel Osteens Lakewood Mega-Church. The Plumber found cash and checks 7 years after Joel Osteens churh was robbed. KHOU also reported that the $600,000 that was originally stolen was fully insured. “I didn’t solve their case but I solved very key important clues as to what could or may have happened there,” the plumber said.Ĭrime Stoppers deputy director told KHOU that despite the statute of limitations expiring, the plumber would have also had to provide information on who took the money to be eligible for the reward in the first place. “I thought somebody had a little stash,” the plumber said.Ĭrime Stoppers originally offered a $25,000 reward for anyone who was able to help solve the case but the statute of limitations has passed for the reward and is no longer available for the plumber. The envelopes are believed to be connected to a March 2014 theft when officials with Lakewood Church reported that $600,000 in donations was stolen - a crime that was never solved, according to KHOU. He told the radio DJs that when he started moving the toilet and insulation from the wall, roughly 500 envelopes fell onto the floor. I feel like some type of reward should get offered to me,” the plumber told KSAT’s sister station KPRC.Ī man claiming to be the plumber called the 100.3 The Bull radio show last Thursday and said he was at the Houston megachurch fixing a loose toilet. HOUSTON – A plumber who found hundreds of envelopes filled with cash and checks while he was repairing a loose toilet at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church says he’s upset he hasn’t been rewarded.
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