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Superseding Indictment Adds Gun Charges in Turkey Leg Hut Case Against Lynn Price

A federal grand jury folded firearms allegations tied to suspected marijuana sales into the arson case, heightening Price’s exposure before trial.

Overview

  • Prosecutors added three counts: one for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and two for felon in possession of a firearm.
  • Charging documents cite a DP-12 shotgun in 2022 and a 12‑gauge shotgun modified with a flamethrower in 2023 as the basis for the felon‑in‑possession counts.
  • The indictment alleges Price possessed a gun between 2019 and 2022 while investigators say he was selling marijuana, though he is not separately charged with drug trafficking.
  • Price’s 2016 federal tax fraud conviction and prison term of more than a year legally bar him from possessing firearms under federal law.
  • The superseding filing also names Javon Harris as a defendant in the 2020 Bar 5015 firebombing case, and it lands less than three weeks before a previously scheduled trial with Price in custody since April and no new date announced.