{"id":1083624,"date":"2021-12-04T10:44:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T15:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1083624"},"modified":"2021-12-04T10:44:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T15:44:18","slug":"envelopes-of-cash-checks-found-in-wall-of-joel-osteens-lakewood-church-years-after-600k-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/envelopes-of-cash-checks-found-in-wall-of-joel-osteens-lakewood-church-years-after-600k-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Envelopes of Cash, Checks Found in Wall of Joel Osteen&#039;s Lakewood Church Years After $600K Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fenvelopes-of-cash-checks-found-in-wall-of-joel-osteens-lakewood-church-years-after-600k-theft%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1083624&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20017733_10159297311415227_7175761220442410476_o-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A plumber reportedly found envelops of cash and checks in the bathroom wall of Joel Osteen\u2019s Lakewood Church in Houston, seven years after $600,000 was reported stolen from a church safe.<\/p>\n<p>The plumber recently called the Morning Bullpen radio show on 100.3 The Bull to share the story, which left cohost George Lindsey in amazement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Plumber discovers money, checks in wall of Joel Osteen\u2019s Lakewood Church, years after $600K burg...\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gi2k-dgi2bI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt was just like unbelievable the things he was telling us they found in the walls,\u201d Lindsey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2021\/12\/02\/money-checks-found-in-wall-of-joel-osteens-lakewood-church-years-after-600k-burglary\/\">said<\/a>, according to KPRC.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The plumber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/houston-texas\/crime\/article\/Large-sum-of-cash-and-checks-found-stashed-at-16670874.php\">told<\/a> the show he was called in to repair a toilet, which led to the find on November 10, the <em>Houston Chronicle<\/em> reported.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cThere was a loose toilet in the wall, and we removed the tile,\u201d the caller told the show on Thursday, per KPRC. \u201cWe 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 \u2018Oh wow!\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The caller said he notified the church\u2019s maintenance supervisor and turned the envelopes in.<\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cSo then, he relayed to us that in 2014, there was big story about money being stolen from Lakewood Church,\u201d Lindsey said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In March of 2014, Houston police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/2014\/03\/11\/houstons-lakewood-church-burglarized-of-600k\/\">said<\/a> some $200,000 in cash and $400,000 in checks were stolen from the church, according to Click2Houston. The theft reportedly occurred sometime between March 9-10 of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakewood Church issued a statement indicating Houston Police were notified of last month\u2019s discovery and are now assisting with the investigation, KPRC reported.<\/p>\n<p>The total sum of checks and cash found remains unclear, but the circumstances surrounding the case bring about a number of mysteries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t you want to know what happened, I mean they stole the money, but they didn\u2019t get it out of the wall. Did they have an accident, you know what I mean? It\u2019s like, why did they never go back? If it\u2019s that money, why did they never go back?\u201d Lindsey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2021\/12\/02\/money-checks-found-in-wall-of-joel-osteens-lakewood-church-years-after-600k-burglary\/\">said<\/a>, per KPRC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A plumber reportedly found envelops of cash and checks in the bathroom wall of Joel Osteen\u2019s Lakewood Church in Houston, seven years after $600,000 was reported stolen from a church &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1083624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1083624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1083624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1083624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1083624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}