Crime & Safety
Ex-Preacher Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Embezzling $800K
Jerrell Altic pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing more than $800K from Houston's First Baptist Church over a span of six years.
HOUSTON — A former minister accused of stealing more than $800,000 from Houston’s First Baptist Church will spend the next 10 years behind bars.
Jerrelll Altic, 40, entered a guilty plea on Monday morning and sentenced to prison by state District Judge Nikita Harmon.
Altic, who’d been the missions pastor, embezzled the money over a span of six years, paying for lavish overseas trips for he and his family, and financing his doctorate studies.
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Prosecutors said church leaders discovered the financial discrepancy in November 2017 and confronted Altic, who immediately resigned.
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A Harris County grand jury indicted Altic in December 2018.
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