Posted on 07/24/2022 11:31:12 PM PDT by thegagline
Three thieves were caught on tape barging into a Brooklyn church on Sunday where controversial bishop Lamor Whitehead — an ally to Mayor Adams — was preaching and snatched $400,000 worth of jewelry off of him and his wife.
Whitehead, the Rolls-Royce-driving bishop who recently tried to broker a deal for the surrender of a man accused of a subway murder to the mayor, was preaching at Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministry on Remsen Ave. near Avenue D in Canarsie about 11:15 a.m. Sunday when three masked bandits stormed into the church, the pastor and cops confirmed.
When the armed marauders appeared, the stunned Whitehead, who was wearing a clerical collar, burgundy vestments with gold trim and a long gold necklace, stopped his sermon and crouched down, saying, “Yo, all right, all right, all right” as he lay on the floor, video obtained by the Daily News shows.
Only his legs and feet can be seen on the recording as he lay on the stage as the men bent over him and rifled his pockets.
The armed men, who can be seen in the video dressed in black and carrying handguns, removed the expensive bling from Whitehead and his wife, police and the bishop said.
Another man seen on the video sitting with what appears to be a prayer book watches impassively as the crime goes down.
The robbers took off in a white Mercedes-Benz and are still being sought, police said.
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Did they get his gold teeth, too?
Instead of all that bling, he should’ve instead followed Creflo Dollar’s lead and gotten himself a Gulfstream III.
I smell a rat . Staged ? He has insurance , maybe ? He’ll get sympathy from his flock = $$$ ?
Must be 1000s of white Mercedes in the rotten apple.
I have always had trust issues with clergy men with a lot of bling. Back in the 70’s I had one that drove a new Caddy Eldorado with personalized license plates. Always wondered what part of that Caddy I paid for.
he is a bishop in the same way Al Sharpton is a reverend-self appointed, Bishop is from the bishop Lamor Whitehead is from Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries-another self appointed protestant church
Yes, but in New York he was the least worst option with a chance of winning...
You see “celebrate” in that post of mine?
He was a revrun, not a reverend. A revrun is a man of god (little “g”).
Insurance scam.
Canarsie, like the rest of Brooklyn has gone to shite.
As the Reverend Ike used to say, best thing you can do for poor people is not be one of them.
That demographic. Pimps for preachers and grifters for their political leaders. (Viz. O'Bummer, Mad Max Waters, Hank Johnson, etc).
There’s a reason NYC now has RCV.
One of the few good parts in that movie.
Bill Duke for the smackdown IIRC.
Yeah, he was the black muslim activist criminal.
True.
I like how the ex-con older gentleman (now wiser) was trying to straighten him up. That was awesome too.
But Bill Duke smacking down Daddy Rich (expertly played by Richard Pryor) was good.
Bill Duke was great in Predator.
Insurance fraud?
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