![]() ![]() I can't make it work out my way, but I know you're in control. 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. There was a loose toilet in the wall, and we removed the tile, the plumber told KILT-FM radio. Money recently discovered in a wall at Lakewood Church in Houston is believed to be tied to a 2014 burglary at the church in which hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and checks were stolen. ![]() According to Newsweek, the plumber broke the news on a local morning radio show. 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. A plumber working on Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas found almost 500 envelopes full of cash and checks stashed in a wall. The discovery was revealed when the plumber called into a Houston radio show on Thursday. 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. Money Found by Plumber at Joel Osteen’s Church Is Tied to 2014 Burglary, Police Say. Neither the church nor authorities said how much money was recovered. Something smells funny about the whole thing.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Previously, 600,000 were stolen from a safe at Lakewood Church in 2014. A plumber doing work at Pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, discovered hundreds of envelopes containing checks and cash hidden in a wall behind a toilet. So why steal $600,000 and leave it behind a toilet in the same church where it was stolen. HOUSTON (KETK) A plumber said he found a large sum of money in a wall while making repairs at the Lakewood mega church in Houston. A man who called himself Justin the plumber said, 'I went to go. Or apparently, evidence leading to an arrest. Money found in Lakewood Church wall may be tied to 2014 theft case, police say. Sadly, the plumber doesn't get any part of the $25,000 cash reward offered, because he found the money but not the person who stole it. ![]() The discovery comes seven years after 600,000 in cash and checks were stolen. Justin the plumber, the man who discovered cash and checks inside a wall at Lakewood Church. Police confirmed that there is evidence that these are the cash and checks related to that theft. A plumber has found a stash of money and checks hidden in a wall at Joel Osteens Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. Lakewood Church told KHOU 11 News they did thank the person who found the money several times that day. That's the part that should blow minds, right? A plumber found cash, checks, and money orders in a bathroom wall of the Houston church of celebrity pastor Joel Osteen that were connected to a 600,000 burglary in 2014. Now, as then, the actual BFD about all of this is that Osteen raked in that kind of money from one Sunday and had it sitting in a safe until the Brink's truck came the following day. ![]() He went on to say there were at least 3,000 envelopes stuffed with cash and checks, which he turned in. “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!’” The police believe that the discovery is connected to a 2014 theft. “There was a loose toilet in the wall, and we removed the tile,” the caller told listeners. Houston: A plumber doing repair work at a church in Houston, in the US state of Texas, found hundreds of envelopes of cash and cheques hidden in a toilet wall. He said he was fixing a loose toilet at the Lakewood Church location when about 500 envelopes fell out of the wall. Plumber who discovered money in wall of Joel Osteens Lakewood Church gets 20,000 reward. According to KPRC 2 News, a man called into a local radio show with a wild story. 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. ![]()
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