Crime is getting so out of hand that it hits the church.
2 Brooklyn men, Juwan Anderson and Say, Quan Pollack, were arrested and charged in connection to an armed robbery at a church in late July, as reported by TMZ.
Peace’s statement reads, “As alleged, the defendants brought guns into a place of worship, stealing from two members of the clergy, and terrifying the congregation in the process” … adding, “to commit such an act during a religious service is incomprehensible.”
The incident was caught on camera during the service’s live stream … showing Bishop Lamor Whitehead stopping mid-service and quickly getting on the ground — as two men begin to take items off his person.
Whitehead tells TMZ … “Today is the start of healing. We will let the justice system continue to work as I continue to do what God has called me to do.”
Some have attributed the crime to Whitehead flaunting fancy cars and bling online … but he goes on to say he hopes those pointing fingers at him “understand that I along with my family and church are the victims and not the villains.”
There was a 3rd man that still hasn’t been caught, whom authorities are looking for. It doesn’t matter how much a pastor flaunts. It’s probably not a good thing to ever rob a church.
Since this happened, Whitehead has been exposed as a scammer.
Last week, The City reported that a parishioner was suing Whitehead for stealing her life savings of $90,000, which she’d entrusted to him to help her buy a house. She’d had trouble getting a home loan because of bad credit; Whitehead had helped her son find a place to live, and he encouraged her to seek Whitehead’s help. But the pastor, after taking her money, allegedly told her he was treating it as a donation to his campaign for Brooklyn borough president. Last summer, he accidentally emailed her son a contract to purchase a $4.4 million mansion in Saddle River, New Jersey, although the sale never went through.
What does he own, then? A more modest (by comparison) home in Paramus, New Jersey — a six-bedroom McMansion that he purchased for $1.64 million in 2019. It has a double-height living room, lots of cherry-stained wood, and a main bathroom with a Jacuzzi tub overlooking the yard.
After the robbery, the pastor posted a lengthy Instagram video defending his shopping habits: “It’s not about me being flashy,” he said. “It’s about me purchasing what I want to purchase. It’s my prerogative to purchase what I want to purchase.” He also blamed the media for publicizing his lifestyle last year, when he tried to leverage his relationship with Adams to negotiate the surrender of alleged subway shooter Andrew Abdullah.
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