![]() ![]() ![]() "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. It’s a bit of a blessing,’ he told Click2Houston.Ī Facebook page listed as a plumber from Houston named ‘Justin Cauley’ shows photos of him with a woman and two babies.Ĭrime Stoppers of Houston offered a $5,000 reward for anyone with information in the case and, two years later, Lakewood donated $20,000 to Crime Stoppers to progress the investigation, as there were still no leads into what happened. Bills are stacking up, work is starting to get slow … This money is gonna help tremendously. I had no clue that that call would come about. Just days after his statement, however, Crime Stoppers of Houston – which has been investigating the stolen funds since 2014 – reached out to offer him a $20,000 reward. Justin Cauley, the Houston plumber who found $600,000 in the walls of Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church, has been gifted a $20,000 reward for the discovery Cauley was given the reward by Crime Stoppers of Houston just days after he said he was 'upset' that he didn't hear a 'thank you' from the church's high-profile leader Joel Osteen Cauley was fixing a toilet at America’s largest church on November 10 when he removed a tile behind the appliance I’m just a little upset,’ he told reporters Sunday, after attending one of Osteen’s services, Fox News reported. We understand what you did and what you could have done.” I feel like, at this point, I should have heard something. 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.‘I wanted to hear him say, “You know, Justin, what you did was right. 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 case had gone unsolved until Justin found about 500 envelopes last month, while fixing a toilet in a public family restroom in the church. Lakewood Church had put up the money as part of a $25,000 reward in the case, and then donated it to Crime Stoppers when the statute of limitations expired. When a woman lost her wallet in a store, a good Samaritan drove to her home to return itĬrime Stoppers of Houston announced Tuesday it would give $20,000 to the plumber, who has only been identified publicly by his first name, Justin. A good Samaritan returns Debra Crosby's wallet she had lost at a Walmart. ![]()
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