![]() Something smells funny about the whole thing. So why steal $600,000 and leave it behind a toilet in the same church where it was stolen. Now, all these years later, another bombshell has dropped. Or apparently, evidence leading to an arrest. 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. Police confirmed that there is evidence that these are the cash and checks related to that theft. That's the part that should blow minds, right? 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. 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. 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!’” 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. “There was a loose toilet in the wall, and we removed the tile,” the caller told listeners. 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. The found money is believed to be connected to a theft that happened in March 2014 where the church reported that at least 600,000 in. Went to go remove the toilet and I moved some insulation away and about 500 envelopes fell out of. He said he was fixing a loose toilet at the Lakewood Church location when about 500 envelopes fell out of the wall. Plumber finds missing money in wall of Joel Osteen’s. Plumber Finds Cache Of Money Behind Loose Toilet In Wall At Joel Osteen's Lakewood Mega-Church. Police never made an arrest in the case, and a $25,000 award offered by Crime Stoppers for information revealing the culprits' remains unclaimed.According to KPRC 2 News, a man called into a local radio show with a wild story. 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. The discovery was made public when the plumber, who found the money, spoke on a morning show at 100.3 The Bull. "Lakewood immediately notified the Houston Police Department and is assisting them with their investigation." An undisclosed amount of cash and checks were found in a wall at Joel Osteens Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. ![]() "Recently, while repair work was being done at Lakewood Church, an undisclosed amount of cash and checks were found," the statement said. 10 at the Houston megachurch, on the morning show of 100.3 The Bull, a. The plumber detailed the bizarre discovery, made on Nov. The envelopes were discovered behind a loose toilet by the plumber while he was doing repairs at the Houston church on Nov. Envelopes full of cash and checks were found behind a loose toilet by a plumber doing repairs at celebrity televangelist Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Texas, according to church officials. A man who called himself Justin the plumber said, 'I went to go. A plumber who discovered stacks of cash and checks inside a wall at celebrity televangelist Joel Osteens Lakewood Church last month has been awarded 20,000 by Crime Stoppers of Houston. "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 man said. "I went ahead and contacted the maintenance supervisor that was there and I went ahead and turned it all in," the man told KPRC2.Ī Lakewood Church representative confirmed the discovery Thursday, stating that an amount of money had been discovered on the church premises and the authorities had since been contacted. Money found in Lakewood Church wall may be tied to 2014 theft case, police say.
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