Overview
- Lyndell “Lynn” Price pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal count of conspiracy to commit arson, admitting under oath that he directed others to set the fire at Bar 5015.
- Prosecutors say their case rests on cooperating witnesses plus phone records, location data and surveillance that link Price to the plot and to payments made to the men who carried it out.
- Price faces a federal sentence of roughly 5 to 20 years in prison and a possible fine up to $250,000, with sentencing set for Sept. 25, 2026 and Price to remain in custody until then.
- The attack occurred in the early morning of June 12, 2020, when gasoline was poured and ignited at Bar 5015, producing an explosion that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage but no reported injuries.
- The plea follows earlier guilty pleas from co-defendants and comes against a backdrop of Turkey Leg Hut’s bankruptcy and closure in 2024, and it could prompt further cooperation and resolutions in related charges.