#PLUMBER JOEL OSTEEN CHURCH CRACKED#

I mean these are really hard times and I wanted to do the right thing and I did the right thing, but you know these are tough times for everyone and so this money is going to go a really long way,’” she said. Mankarious said Justin was very quiet when she called him to let him know he’d be getting the money. Justin, the plumber who discovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bathroom wall of Joel Osteen's church, said he has received compensation for his assistance. The stolen money was insured, and a church spokeswoman said the church has resolved the matter with its insurance company. In a statement on Friday, the Houston Police Department said an undisclosed amount of money - including cash, checks and money orders - was inventoried, documented and then left with the church. “I shined my flashlight in there, and you could see statements, some dollar bills, just random stuff in there.” The discovery was made by a hired plumber, who called in to a local morning radio show and stated that he had uncovered the money while. Yeah, I could hear the commotion in the wall,” Justin told The Morning Bullpen hosts. Here, the exterior of the Lakewood Church can be seen. The plumber who recently revealed to the Morning Bullpen at 100. “They didn’t fall out in front of me, but they fell in the wall. Possible oil spill in Long Beach under investigation Police were called in to investigate on November 10, but news of the discovery did not become public until last Thursday, when Justin called into radio station 100.3 The Bull and told the story. He did the right thing,” Mankarious said. “What we are doing is passing a gift on because he is the rightful holder of that gift, and he’s a good Samaritan. We are appreciative of the plumber, and we hope he pays the gift forward,” the church said in a statement on Tuesday.Ĭrime Stoppers of Houston CEO Rania Mankarious told CNN the organization does not give rewards for finding stolen property, but the group’s executive committee unanimously agreed Justin should have the money from Lakewood Church. “In 2016, Lakewood Church made a $20,000 charitable donation to Crime Stoppers of Houston to help solve this case and support them for all they do for the community. The church has not commented on the money’s discovery, other than to say that it is working with police on the investigation.Īt the time of the alleged theft, the church said that the money was fully insured and was working with insurance companies to recoup the loss, KTRK reported.The case had gone unsolved until Justin found about 500 envelopes last month, while fixing a toilet in a public family restroom in the church. On Tuesday, the approval was granted, KTRK reported.

#PLUMBER JOEL OSTEEN CHURCH CRACKED#

>Related: Plumber finds missing money in wall of Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Churchīut on Friday, Crime Stoppers CEO Rania Mankarious suggested giving the $20,000 donation as a gift to the plumber who cracked the case. Two years later, the church decided to donate what would have been the reward to Crime Stoppers of Houston.

Police did not say how much money was recovered, only that it was a large amount.Ĭhurch officials, through Crime Stoppers, had offered a $20,000 reward in 2014 for information related to the alleged theft. Response on investigation at 3700 Southwest Freeway: #hounews /9rssUllblJ- Houston Police December 3, 2021

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