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Ex-Turkey Leg Hut owner Lynn Price ordered to stay in custody until arson trial

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

Lyndell Price, the former owner of the Turkey Leg Hut, will be held in federal custody until his arson trial, a magistrate judge ordered Monday, citing "overwhelming evidence" he conspired to burn down the bar of a business partner. Price last month was charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit arson. He is accused of coordinating an arson at Bar 5015.
Houston woman accused of charging FBI agents with machete

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

A woman, who last month was shot by an FBI agent who said she was approaching a group of agents with a machete, was charged Friday with a assaulting a federal officer. Jennifer Jesselle Perez Rodriguez, 28, of Houston had been in custody since the April 17 shooting on Anderson Road in south Houston.
Large Xfinity outage reported in Houston, 'network damage' blamed

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

Thousands of Xfinity internet customers in Houston were without service on Friday morning. The outage in Houston included parts of downtown, Montrose, the East End and the Medical Center, according to a map on Xfinity's website. Article continues below this adThe map indicated there were more than 20,000 outages, with a note saying outages were due to "network damage" and that the issue was "under investigation."Television services may also be affected, Xfinity said on its site.
Turkey Leg Hut sold marijuana using bags branded with restaurant logo, FBI says

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

Before it closed last year, the Turkey Leg Hut was famous for its oversized and smothered turkey drumsticks, and for the crowds and celebrities to its Third Ward location. But amid new criminal charges against one of the restaurant's co-owners, federal authorities said they believed more than just meat was being sold out of the Almeda Road eatery. An FBI agent testified Thursday that the restaurant was also used to store and sell large amounts of marijuana.
Ex-Turkey Leg Hut owner paid crew $1,400 to set fire at Houston bar, FBI says

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

Lynn Price, the former owner of the Turkey Leg Hut, allegedly paid a group of men $1,400 to set fire to a bar owned by his business partner, an FBI agent testified in federal court Thursday. The details of the alleged arson came during a hearing in which federal prosecutors argued that Price, 42, should be held in custody until a trial could be held. Price was arrested last week and accused of orchestrating the 2020 burning of Bar 5015, a bar just blocks from the Turkey Leg Hut.
Abbott calls for constitutional amendment to automatically deny bonds to some

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson |Nicole Hensley

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday demanded state legislators approve a constitutional amendment that — if passed by voters — would require courts to automatically deny bail to people accused of murder and other violent crimes in the state. Surrounded by crime victim families at Crime Stoppers of Houston, Abbott called on lawmakers to start a process that could put even more stringent requirements on judges and magistrates, who decide if a person can go free in between their arrest and trial.
Harding Street civil trial delayed as former HPD officer seeks qualifed immunity

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

The start of a civil trial over the 2019 raid that killed two people when Houston police raided their Pecan Park home has once again been delayed, as one of the officers named in the complaint appeals a decision that kept him as a defendant in the lawsuit. The lawsuit over the Harding Street raid has crawled through the federal courts since 2021 when it was filed by the families of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogenia Nicholas.
Man sentenced for Galveston drive-by shooting that killed teenager at Airbnb

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

A 21-year-old man was sentenced to 40 years in prison after being convicted of murder over a 2023 drive-by shooting in Galveston that killed a 15-year-old boy at a birthday party at an island Airbnb. Darius Geters, of Texas City, was accused of opening fire at the rental house in the early hours of March 26, 2023. One of the shots hit Denim Cooper, 15, in the head and killed him. A jury convicted Geters on Friday and sentenced him to 40 years in prison.
Former Turkey Leg Hut owner Lynn Price, others indicted on federal arson charges

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

The former owner of the Turkey Leg Hut, the now-shuttered Third Ward restaurant, on Friday was arrested alongside two other men over accusations they conspired to burn down a building in 2020. Lyndell "Lynn" Price, 42, Armani Williams, 27, and John Lee Price, 39, all of Houston, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit arson of a commercial building and conspiracy to use an interstate facility to commit arson of a vehicle, according to the Justice Department.
HPD takes ashes of dozens of people from funeral home under investigation

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | John Ferguson

The Houston Police Department has taken the ashes of dozens of people from a Houston mortuary that is under investigation for the way it was handling dead bodies in its care. The police department has custody of 89 sets of cremated remains from Richardson Mortuary, the Texas Funeral Service Commission said in a Wednesday news release. Article continues below this adAs of Wednesday only six of the 89 sets of ashes had been claimed by next of kin.