An indictment alleges that Lynn Price recruited and paid people to set fire to Third Ward’s Bar 5015, causing an explosion in ...

HOUSTON — A former co-owner of the Turkey Leg Hut in Third Ward has been indicted on federal charges of conspiracy to commit ...

Lyndell Price was taken into custody on conspiracy to commit arson for allegedly paying a group of people to set Bar 5015 on fire, causing an explosion in 2020.

Lyndell Price is the former owner of the Turkey Leg Hut and the current owner of the The Oyster Hut. Bar 5015 was owned by Price's business partner, also the former co-owner of the Turkey Leg Hut.

The Turkey Leg Hut is long gone, but the controversy surrounding the restaurant remains. Friday, former restaurant frontman and The Oyster Hut owner Lyndell "Lynn" Price was arrested on arson charges.

He was previously the co-owner of Turkey Leg Hut and is currently the co-owner of The Oyster Hut. According to investigators, Price plotted to set fire to Bar 5015, which is owned by another ...