Former Houston restaurateur Lyndell “Lynn” Price, co‑founder of the once‑popular Turkey Leg Hut, has been hit with three additional federal charges: one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
According to the new indictment from a federal grand jury, Price is accused of having firearms during the years 2019 to 2022 while allegedly selling marijuana, though no drug‑trafficking charge has yet been filed in that regard. The documents further allege that in 2022 and 2023, he possessed shotguns, one being a DP‑12 and another a 12‑gauge shotgun modified with a flamethrower attachment.
Price, who previously pleaded guilty to federal tax‑fraud charges and served more than two years in prison, is barred under federal law from firearm possession. In addition to the new gun charges, he already faces federal conspiracy and arson allegations tied to a 2020 fire at Bar 5015, a bar owned by a former business partner.
The new charges carry potentially stiff penalties; law enforcement says the gun‑possession in a drug‑trafficking context alone has a five‑year minimum sentence, and the other two gun counts can carry up to 15 years each, not including the arson and conspiracy charges that could lead to even more time behind bars.
