PLUMBER FINDS MONEY IN CHURCH WALL FULL

In 2016, they chose to gift us those funds for operations. 'In 2014, Lakewood Church gave us $20,000 to work on this case. 'We believe that it takes all of us, working together, to keep Houston safe and thriving,' Mankarious said in a statement. Previously, 600,000 were stolen from a safe at Lakewood Church in 2014. Lakewood Church in Houston, where Pastor Joel Osteen preaches to some 25,000 people each week. 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. Following the discovery last month, Crime Stoppers CEO Rania Mankarious received approval from the program's executive committee to give the $20,000 to Cauley. When there were no updates on the case, the money turned into a charitable donation to the Crime Stoppers of Houston. Seven years ago, Crime Stoppers offered a cash reward of up to $5,000 and Lakewood Church offered a supplemental $20,000 to anyone with information on the missing money. They said evidence from the recovered checks suggested it was 'connected' to the March 2014 theft. Last week, Houston police said they responded to the church last month after a large amount of money - including cash, checks and money orders - were found. The plumber, identified as Justin Cauley by KPRC-TV, discovered a large amount of money during a renovation project on November 10. The police believe that the discovery is connected to a 2014 theft. The findings could potentially help solve a $600,000 theft case that was reported at the church in 2014. 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. “If he never had been doing that work behind that toilet, they would have never known that money was there.”Ĭrimestoppers of Houston told KPRC that a tipster would have to contact the organisation with information prompting the arrest of a suspect to receive the funds, but that the statute of limitation, in this case, has expired and no money will be given out.A plumber who found stacks of cash and checks in a wall at star televangelist Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston has received a $20,000 reward for his discovery, said the Crime Stoppers of Houston, which gave him the money. 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. “He’s the one who found it,” Mr Lindsey said of the plumber. 10 at the Houston megachurch, on the morning show of 100.3 The Bull, a. The plumber detailed the bizarre discovery, made on Nov.

PLUMBER FINDS MONEY IN CHURCH WALL FULL

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?” Mr Lindsey said.Ī Lakewood Church representative confirmed that the envelopes had been found during the restroom repairs, according to KRPC.Ĭrimestoppers of Houston offered a reward of $25,000 at the time of the burglary for tips that would lead to arrests. Plumber who discovered money in wall of Joel Osteens Lakewood Church gets 20,000 reward. 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 a church representative. “Don’t you want to know what happened, I mean they stole the money, but they didn’t get it out of the wall. The Houston Police Department is still investigating the 2014 burglary and it’s not clear how much money the plumber found in the toilet wall. 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 plumber hired last month to repair a loose toilet at Joel Osteens Lakewood Church in Houston found more than insulation when removing a tile to move the. Morning show host George Lindsey said on Thursday that “he relayed to us that in 2014 there was a big story about money being stolen from Lakewood church that they never recovered”. “I went ahead and contacted the maintenance supervisor that was there, and I turned it all in,” he said. The caller added that around 3,000 envelopes stuffed with checks and cash were eventually found. 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.

Plumber finds money in church wall