{"id":4258,"date":"2026-06-11T19:01:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4258"},"modified":"2026-06-11T19:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:01:39","slug":"ex-turkey-leg-hut-owner-admits-to-hiring-arsonists-to-burn-down-bar-feds-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4258","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Turkey Leg Hut owner admits to hiring arsonists to burn down bar, feds say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p><span><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>A former owner of Turkey Leg Hut has admitted to hiring arsonists to burn down a bar six years ago, according to federal prosecutors.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4253\">HPD: Man admits to death of transgender woman found near Brays Bayou<\/a><\/p> <p>What we know:<\/p> <!-- --><p>Prosecutors said Lyndell Leroy Price, 42, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit arson of a commercial building.<\/p> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>Price admitted to directing people to set fire to Bar 5015 on Almeda Road during the early morning hours of June 12, 2020, prosecutors said. The arsonists then bought gasoline and gas cans, walked to the bar wearing masks, poured the gasoline on the deck and lit it on fire.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4249\">Woman sues Delta over alleged false trafficking report<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>The fire caused significant damage to the business, prosecutors said.<\/p> <!-- --><div><p>\n    Related\n  <\/p> <div><div><div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Intentional fire set off explosion at Bar 5015 in Third Ward, criminal investigation underway\" class=\"wp-image-4255\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/881ca482c5fdc1f76e920d8d14cfffc5-768x387.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/881ca482c5fdc1f76e920d8d14cfffc5-768x387.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/881ca482c5fdc1f76e920d8d14cfffc5-300x151.webp 300w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/881ca482c5fdc1f76e920d8d14cfffc5.webp 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div> <noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Intentional fire set off explosion at Bar 5015 in Third Ward, criminal investigation underway\" class=\"wp-image-4256\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0f59b6964d8d430e83889d3c36f04fbf.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0f59b6964d8d430e83889d3c36f04fbf.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0f59b6964d8d430e83889d3c36f04fbf-300x151.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div> <span>article<\/span><\/div><\/div> <div><h3>Intentional fire set off explosion at Bar 5015 in Third Ward, criminal investigation underway<\/h3> <p>An explosion at a Houston bar that left debris scattered in the roadway and rattled nearby residents awake Friday morning, was intentionally set.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><p>The backstory:<\/p> <!-- --><p>Investigators said Price was upset with the owner of the bar because he wouldn\u2019t let Price buy into the business. He also wouldn\u2019t sell Price his interest in Turkey Leg Hut, which he co-owned with Price.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4246\">Shuttles to Houston FIFA World Cup matches<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>Armani Williams and Miziah Shepherd have also pleaded guilty to the same charge.<\/p> <!-- --><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4257\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/129af1eaa4ec5f8ce37a1125d891ed54-768x432.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/129af1eaa4ec5f8ce37a1125d891ed54-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/129af1eaa4ec5f8ce37a1125d891ed54-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/129af1eaa4ec5f8ce37a1125d891ed54.webp 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n <div><p><span>Lyndell Price<\/span> <!-- --><\/p> <!-- --><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><p>What&#8217;s next:<\/p> <!-- --><p>All three people are being held in prison until they are sentenced on Sept. 25.<\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former owner of Turkey Leg Hut has admitted to hiring arsonists to burn down a bar six years ago, according to federal prosecutors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-houston","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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