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Lakewood Church money: Plumber who found cash, checks in wall to get $20K
Headline from Fox10 Phoenix, on the newest of 2 developments
Crime Stoppers of Houston is gifting $20,000 to the plumber who found a large amount of money inside of a wall at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church last month. Police believe the money is connected to a theft case from 2014.
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Plumber who found cash and checks in wall of Joel Osteen's church getting $20K reward
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Lakewood Church money: Plumber who found cash, checks in wall to get $20K
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 Houston mega-church.
Houston Police have confirmed that evidence from checks recovered from a wall inside Lakewood Church last month suggests they are connected to March 2014 theft from the Joel Osteen-led megachurch reported to have been about $600,000.
Crime Stoppers of Houston is gifting $20,000 to the plumber who found a large amount of money inside of a wall at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church last month. Police believe the money is connected to a theft case from 2014.
By David Williams, CNN The plumber who turned in hundreds of envelopes of cash and checks he found in a wall at televangelist Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church is getting $20,000 for his good deed. The find is believed to be connected to the 2014 theft of about $600,000 from the mega-church, according t…
A plumber who discovered stacks of cash and checks inside the wall at celebrity televangelist Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church last month has been awarded $20,000.