A Brooklyn preacher has been robbed of jewellery worth hundreds of thousands of dollars by armed men who crashed his church service just as he was delivering a sermon about keeping faith in the face of grave adversity, according to police.
Bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead, known for his friendship with New York City Mayor Eric Adams and driving around New York in a Rolls-Royce, was speaking at his Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries when three robbers walked in, police said.
They allegedly flashed guns and demanded property from Bishop Whitehead and his wife before fleeing in a white Mercedes.
Police said the jewellery was worth about $US400,000 ($575,000). Bishop Whitehead it was worth more than $US1 million.
The 44-year-old formed Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries in 2013, after serving a five-year prison sentence for identity theft and grand larceny. He says he was illegally convicted.
He grew close to Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain, when Mr Adams was serving as Brooklyn's borough president -- a position he held for eight years until becoming New York's mayor in January.
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Jesus's didn't need all that jewellery, he was happy to get around on foot and didn't get rich from sprucking his crap. One of them is a definite conman and made heaps from it, the other just fed him and his mates from it. Wouldn't surprise me if it's an insurance job. Wonder how much of his $1 million he will get. Stinks like a bag of fish left in the sun for a few days.
This brings to mind John Lennon's comment at The Beatles first Royal Command Performance.
"The people in the cheap seats, clap your hands, the rest of you, if you can, rattle your jewellery".
