Preacher Robbed Of $1 Million In Jewelry During Live-Streamed Sermon

A flashy Brooklyn bishop was robbed of $1 million in jewelry in the middle of his live-streamed service in his East Flatbush church, the Leaders of Tomorrow Brooklyn campus, on Sunday, July 24.

The preacher, Bishop Lamor Miller Whitehead, 44, notorious for flaunting his Gucci suits, diamond-encrusted chains, and stable of luxury vehicles on social media, was burglarized by three gun-wielding masked robbers while he was in the middle of his sermon at the Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries in Canarsie on Sunday, July 24, the New York Post reported.

The masked thieves reportedly took a million dollars worth of jewelry from Whitehead, his wife, and possibly churchgoers. At the time of the robbery, Whitehead was dressed in a maroon suit with a gold-trimmed collar and sleeve cuffs, also wearing a long gold chain and a large ring on each finger.

The thieves reportedly took off with jewelry worth over US$1,060,000. The stolen jewelry items included a US$75,000 Rolex watch, US$75,000 Cavalier watch, US$25,000 Episcopal ruby and diamond ring, US$25,000 Episcopal diamond ring, US$25,000 pair of earrings, US$20,000 diamond and emerald cross, US$20,000 Episcopal ring, US$20,000 Episcopal cross, and a US$10,000 Episcopal gold cross, the New York Times reported.

After the robbery, the burglars fled east on Avenue D. The entire incident was reportedly live-streamed on Facebook at around 11:14 a.m. by the preacher's media team. However, the video has since been taken down by the church.
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Despite the ordeal, Whitehead said that his public displays of wealth didn’t lead to Sunday’s gunpoint robbery.

“It’s not about me being flashy,” he said in a video shortly after the robbery.

Whitehead added that he can’t be blamed for standing out in the community, given his status.

“Sometimes when you’re a known bishop, it’s a gift and a curse,” Whitehead said. “You become the talk of the town.”

After the robbery, the bishop went on Instagram to let people know he was doing fine and asked anyone with information leading to the robbers' arrest to message him.

Whitehead was previously convicted in 2016 of a fraudulent auto-loan scheme where he was charged with identity theft and grand larceny and served five years in prison.