A Houston, Texas, plumber discovered thousands of envelopes stuffed full of cash and checks inside a bathroom wall last month, according to TheBlaze.
The news comes several years after the televangelist Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church was reportedly victimized in a high-profile burglary that took place in 2014. At the time, the church announced that $600,000 in cash and checks were stolen from the church, but no arrests were made at the time and the money was reportedly not recovered.
A plumber named Justin reported that he discovered the massive haul of cash while repairing a toilet at the Houston church in November. KRPC-TV stated: “It was just unbelievable!” morning show host for the “Morning Bullpen” George Lindsey said. “The things he was telling us that they found in the walls.”
Lindsey was shocked when he listened to viewers Thursday morning, but says this one caller really took the segment over the edge. “There was a loose toilet in the wall, and we removed the tile,” the caller said. “We 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 ‘Oh wow!’”
The caller said the envelopes were full of cash and checks. “I went ahead and contacted the maintenance supervisor that was there, and I turned it all in,” he added. Lindsey couldn’t believe what he had just heard. “We were like, ‘What are you talking about?’” Lindsey said. “So, then he relayed to us that in 2014 there was a big story about money being stolen from Lakewood Church that they never recovered.”
