Houston商人指使纵火前合伙人酒吧判刑105个月
美国司法部德克萨斯州南区联邦检察官办公室2026年10月30日宣布，位于德克萨斯州哈里斯县 Houston 的商人 Lyndell Leroy Price（44岁）因共谋纵火一栋商业建筑，被联邦地区法官 Sim Lake 判处105个月监禁，刑满后接受3年监督释放。Price 是 Houston 知名餐厅 Turkey Leg Hut 的前经营者之一，他已于6月11日认罪。
据其认罪内容，Price 指使他人故意纵火 Bar 5015：这家位于 Houston Almeda Road 的酒吧由他的前合伙人拥有。火灾发生前不久，法庭记录显示，该合伙人拒绝了 Price 入股这家酒吧的出价，也拒绝出售其在 Turkey Leg Hut 中的权益；Turkey Leg Hut 由 Price 与其已分居的妻子共同拥有。
2020年6月12日凌晨，同谋者先买好汽油与油桶，来到酒吧附近，蒙面提着装满汽油的容器走到 Bar 5015，把汽油浇在入口坡道与平台上，点火后逃逸。火灾对该商户造成重大损失，并危及周边有人居住的住宅、商业物业与电网。纵火之后，一名同谋打电话向 Price 报告「任务完成」，同谋者随后从 Price 处拿到报酬。法官 Sim Lake 在量刑时指出，Price 指使纵火时全然不顾附近居民的安全，也不顾爆炸与火灾可能给周边商户造成的损失；法官表示，Price 对法律缺乏尊重，需要以较重刑期震慑并保护社区。
其余四名 Houston 同谋 John Lee Price（39岁）、Armani Williams（28岁）、Miziah Shepherd（28岁）与 Javon Harris（27岁）已就同一罪名认罪，将在稍后量刑。Price 将继续羁押，待移送至联邦监狱局指定的设施。本案由联邦调查局（FBI）Houston 办公室、酒精、烟草、火器和爆炸物管理局（ATF）与 Houston 消防局纵火调查处查办，Houston 警局、德克萨斯州公共安全部与哈里斯县第4区治安官办公室协助；助理联邦检察官 Sebastian A. Edwards 与 Keri Fuller 负责起诉。
（来源：美国司法部）
Houston Businessman Sentenced to 105 Months for Directing Arson of Former Partner's Bar
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas announced on October 30, 2026, that Lyndell Leroy Price, 44, a businessman in Houston, Harris County, Texas, was ordered by U.S. District Judge Sim Lake to serve 105 months in federal prison, to be immediately followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to commit arson of a commercial building. Price, a former owner of Houston's well-known Turkey Leg Hut restaurant, pleaded guilty on June 11.
As part of his plea, Price admitted he directed others to intentionally set fire to Bar 5015, a business on Almeda Road in Houston owned by his former partner. Shortly before the fire, court records show, the owner had declined Price's offer to buy into the bar and refused to sell his interest in the Turkey Leg Hut, an establishment Price co-owned with his estranged wife.
In the early morning hours of June 12, 2020, the conspirators bought gasoline and gas cans before going to an area near the business. Wearing face coverings and carrying gasoline-filled containers, they walked to Bar 5015, poured gasoline across the entrance ramp and deck, ignited it, and fled. The fire caused significant damage to the business and endangered nearby occupied homes, commercial properties and the electrical grid. After the arson, a member of the conspiracy called Price to report that the mission was complete, and the conspirators then received payment from Price for their roles in the crime. In handing down the sentence, Judge Lake noted that Price directed the arson without any regard for the safety of those who live nearby or the damage the explosion and fire would have on neighboring businesses, and said his lack of respect for the law warranted a high sentence as a measure of deterrence and to protect the community.
Four other Houston men, John Lee Price, 39, Armani Williams, 28, Miziah Shepherd, 28, and Javon Harris, 27, previously pleaded guilty to the same charge and will be sentenced at a later date. Price will remain in custody pending transfer to a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility. The investigation was conducted by FBI Houston, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Houston Fire Department Arson Bureau, with assistance from the Houston Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Harris County Constable's Office, Precinct 4. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sebastian A. Edwards and Keri Fuller prosecuted the case.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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