At Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, a plumber discovers a stockpile of envelopes containing cash and checks.

Handyman doing business at Pastor Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas has found many envelopes containing checks and money concealed in a divider behind a latrine.


The handyman, who has just been recognized as "Justin," hosted a public morning show in Houston on Thursday after the ...show urged audience members to recount anecdotes about tracking down important things, as indicated by different reports.


Justin told 100.3 The public broadcast of The Bull who, while working in the Church in Texas on Nov.10, “There was a free latrine in the partition and we got rid of the tile.


We went to eliminate the latrines, I moved the protections and around 500 envelopes fell from the partition, ”he added. The man contacted a support manager and handed over the cash and check envelopes.


The Houston Police Department said in a statement Friday that officials were called to the congregation last month after "people from the chapel expressed that during a redesign project, a lot of cash – including money, checks and cash orders – was found inside a divider.



The disclosure comes after countless dollars were taken from Lakewood Church's protected in 2014, incorporating $200,000 in real money and $400,000 in checks, as per numerous reports.


Houston Police said in the proclamation on Friday that "evidence of recovered checks offered in this November case is associated" with the theft reported in 2014. The police examination is continuous.


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Lakewood Church has confirmed the new disclosure of money and checks to the USA TODAY.


Lakewood promptly notified the Houston Police Department and will assist them with their review, ”the Congregation said in a statement Friday.


Houston's KPRC detailed for the current week that the Crime Stoppers of Houston offered a $25,000 praise for the data that led to the capture of a suspect at the time of the theft.


However, the association let the power source know that the handyman would not get the award, referring to the legal time limit and different variables.

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