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An ex-con who robbed “Bling Bishop” Lamor Whitehead will spend less time in prison than the fraudster pastor he held up at gunpoint during a live-streamed sermon.

Say-Quan Pollack, 25, received a seven-year sentence Monday during a hearing in Brooklyn federal court.


  Livestream footage of the robbery of Bling Bishop Lamor Whitehead at church. USANYE Livestream footage of the robbery of Bling Bishop Lamor Whitehead at church. USANYE

  Say-Quan Pollack, 25, received a seven-year sentence Monday during a hearing in Brooklyn federal court. Jane Rosenberg Say-Quan Pollack, 25, received a seven-year sentence Monday during a hearing in Brooklyn federal court. Jane Rosenberg

Pollack pleaded guilty to sticking up Whitehead and the pastor’s wife of $400,000 during a July 2022 church service — in a stunning, caught on camera heist.

“Pollack has been held accountable for committing a bold robbery in a house of worship with a gun, terrorizing the men, women, and children participating in the religious service that Sunday morning,” said US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace in a statement.

In June, Whitehead was slapped with a nine-year sentence in an unrelated fraud case.


  “Bling Bishop” Lamor Whitehead was slapped with a nine-year sentence in an unrelated fraud case. Paul Martinka “Bling Bishop” Lamor Whitehead was slapped with a nine-year sentence in an unrelated fraud case. Paul Martinka

Whitehead, who claimed Mayor Eric Adams as a friend and mentor, was found guilty in March of fraud, extortion and other crimes during a trial in which prosecutors said he scammed parishioner’s elderly mother out of $90,000 to blow on luxury goods.

Pollack’s lawyer Gary Villanueva had tried to argue that Whitehead’s crimes should lead to a lighter sentence for the robber, but Judge William Kuntz ultimately handed down the 87 months requested by prosecutors.

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