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USA Today
26-04-2025
- USA Today
Houston-area restaurant owner charged in explosion at business partner's bar
Houston-area restaurant owner charged in explosion at business partner's bar A Houston restaurant owner has been indicted on three federal charges in connection with an explosion at a popular bar owned by his business partner, federal officials said. A news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Houston says that 42-year-old Lyndell Price, 27-year-old Armani Williams and 39-year-old John Lee Price were arrested in connection with the 2020 explosion and accused of conspiring to set fire to Bar 5015. 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 three men face charges of conspiracy to commit arson and arson. If convicted, they could face up to 25 years in prison. Lyndell Price and John Price could face a further five years in prison if convicted on charges of conspiracy to use an interstate facility to commit arson of a vehicle. USA TODAY was not able to immediately find an attorneys representing the men. All three appear in court According to KHOU 11, all three men appeared in court on Friday. After hearing the charges against them, they were released pending upcoming court dates. Letitia Quinones-Hollins, John Price's attorney, addressed the charges in comments to local news outlet KPRC. 'This is a classic example of being very mindful of the company you keep,' Quinones-Hollins stated. 'Sometimes, the company you keep can get you into trouble.' She also said that although Lyndell Price and John Price share the same name, they are not related. Quinones-Hollins did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment on Friday. What happened? Charging documents allege that Price recruited and paid a group of people, including Williams and John Price, to pour gasoline on Bar 5015's entrance ramp and set it on fire. According to the indictment, in the early morning hours of June 12, 2020, Williams and an 'unnamed co-conspirator' bought gasoline, gas cans and face coverings at a truck stop in Houston. They then got to the bar's deck area and doused the deck and entrance ramp before lighting a piece of paper and setting it all on fire, according to the indictment. Investigators say that Williams called Lyndell Price to tell him that the 'arson was complete.' According to local news outlets, the fire led to an explosion at the bar that left a 'debris field and several small fires.' In the same indictment, investigators also allege that Lyndell Price paid John Price and others to set fire to a 1975 Chevy Nova that was stolen from an auto repair shop. Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at and follow him on X @fern_cerv_.
Buzz Feed
29-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Older Folks Are Sharing Their 'Small Town Stories' And Some Of These Are Spot On
Recently, u/PrestonRoad90 asked r/AskOldPeople, "Those from a small town, what was the most small town thing your town ever did?" And we thought we'd share some of the best responses. 1. "I went to visit a friend in Ridgecrest CA back in the '70s. One night for dinner they packed up folding chairs and a cooler. We went to the main crossroads in town. Half the town was there. Turned out they had gotten their first traffic light, and it was turned on that night. We all drank beer and watched the lights change for hours." – TeamKitsune 3. "Cruising Main Street in a tiny downtown area. Basically driving back and forth for hours on weekends." – Delightful_day53 4. "I painted my best friend's horse purple for Halloween; it was a pale buckskin mare. She thought it was funny... Her dad not so much. He called the sheriff and he came out to speak with me and my uncle (family foster)." – prpslydistracted Searchlight Pictures 6. "When I was younger the courts would accept thanksgiving meat and side donations in lieu of cash fines. $25? You could pay a turkey instead. Or pay stuffing and pie. The food went to shelters, etc." – Overall_Lobster823 7. "My oldest brother's graduating class was him and two other students." – boringlesbian Miramax Films 9. "Hit a hay bale with a Chevy Nova going 30 mph. Them Duke boys are full of shit. You can't drive through a hay bale. That car was messed up." – No-Orchid-53 10. "Our homecoming parade went down Main St, turned around at the old folks home and then went back down Main St. in the opposite direction." – Academic_Ad_8229 11. "My town would put a junker on the ice of Parker's Pond, and then the whole town would bet on the date it would fall through ice, and the winner would take the pot. It was a thing that was run by the local radio station WLDY." – donac 12. "Rural students in grades four to eight were allowed to miss the first and last month of the school year so the kids could help with planting and harvesting crops. Town kids always resented them. Rural kids also got snow days but the town kids would still have to fight the snow drifts and go to school." – PeaceOut70 13. "Grandfather was a small town doctor. He took livestock as payment fairly regularly." – Animalhitman50 NBC 14. "They tried to have a Christmas parade but it was just two tractors and the fire truck and five people came." – AnastasiaNo70 15. "We did a beach day! They brought in loads on sand and covered a small side street with it. There was a dunking booth and they brought in the Pepsi taste test folks. It was a ton of fun!" – SunnySamantha 16. "Once a bird pooped on a woman's window and it looked like Jesus. A photo of the Jesus poop with the woman standing beside it was on the front page of the town's newspaper." – Meduxnekeag Sony Pictures Releasing 17. "I went to visit a friend in La Belle, Fl in the '80s for the yearly swamp cabbage festival. It was the first time I experienced an entire town drunk at the same time. It was a helluva fun time, but I definitely don't recommend anyone visiting – not much else to do." – Turbulent-Watch2306
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
SUV Crash Knocks C3 Corvette, Nova Off A Garage Lift
Read the full story on The Auto Wire Unfortunately, sometimes cars hit houses, causing serious damage, like this SUV that took out a C3 Corvette and a Nova. It seems the speeding vehicle hit the corner of the house right at the garage just so, tearing a big hole and leaving quite the happened recently in Pine Creek, Delaware, leaving the owner of the two classics with a huge headache. After all, if the cars were stored on a lift in the garage, someone obviously cared for them. The SUV had to have been going at a pretty high speed when it hit the house, ripping away half of the garage door, blowing apart the corner of the structure, and mangling the four-post lift, not to mention the cars. It's a mess that probably will include extensive repairs to the house. As for the C3 Corvette, we can see it's dangling off the lift in footage shared by 6ABC, but it doesn't appear to have extensive body damage in the angles we're shown. Honestly, that's surprising. We can't say how the chassis is doing, but hopefully it was the lift that took the brunt of the collision forces and not the cars. As for the Chevy Nova, it might not have been so lucky. The classic appears to have been sitting underneath the 'Vette and unfortunately looks to have been crushed as the lift came crashing down. You can see in the first shot of the aftermath the Nova is leaning at a sick angle toward the passenger sign, clearly indicating something heavy is compressing the suspension. While the very back end is all we can see of the classic, surely part of the Chevy is crushed. The owner will have to decide between repairing and ditching the car. Image via 6ABC Philadelphia/YouTube Join our Newsletter, subscribe to our YouTube page, and follow us on Facebook.
Yahoo
01-03-2025
- Yahoo
Widow of slain NYC police officer fights to keep murderer in jail — as cop killer could become 44th freed since 2017
The widow of a NYC police officer who was murdered in Brooklyn nearly 50 years ago is fighting to prevent her husband's murderer from being the 44th cop killer sprung since 2017. Police Officer Cecil Sledge was killed when parolee Salvatore 'Crazy Sal' Desarno ran him over with his Chevy Nova and dragged him five blocks during a stop in Brooklyn in 1980. 'Time doesn't change anything,' said widow Linda Sledge, 75. whose labor of love this Valentine's Day was to make her 12th trip to the parole board and implore the member she spoke to not to release Desarno, declaring that losing him was 'every police officer's wife's worst nightmare.' 'A kiss goodbye, 'See you later' and he walked out the door and I never saw him again,' the widow recalled to The Post this week. 'We're never going to get parole from the horror of what this man did to us.' Sledge was riding solo in a radio car on Flatlands Avenue in Canarsie patrolling for synagogue and church vandalism when he spotted Desarno, who was known as trouble to precinct cops and wanted in a donut-shop hold-up. When the 35-year-old cop confronted the suspect, Desarno drew a .38 Smith & Wesson and fired five shots. Sledge drew his own weapon and fired two shots. The cop's vest stopped the bullets but he slumped to the ground and was run over when Desarno, hit by both bullets, peeled out and dragged the officer to his death. Desarno's Nova slammed into a Don't Walk pole at East 58th Street. He hopped out and crashed through the window of a nearby home, where he took a 50-year-old woman hostage for eight minutes until a small army of police officers arrived. The woman, a travel agent, was unharmed. Desarno had a long rap sheet that started when he was a juvenile, including robbery and assault, and he was on parole for robbery. He was sentenced to 25 years to life in Sledge's murder and is at Five Points Correctional Facility in Seneca County. Sledge, a U.S. Army veteran with 12 years on the force, was the first cop killed in a one-man radio car patrol. The one-cop patrols stopped after his death. The officer left behind a 9-month old daughter and 5-year-old son. 'They never got an opportunity to hear his voice and hear his stories and spend time with him,' said the widow, who has grown weary from imploring the state parole board over and over to keep him locked up. 'But you do it, you do it for you, you do it for them, because I'm my husband's voice and I'm seeking justice for him,' she said. Desarno, 66, should 'remain behind bars for the rest of his life,' the widow continued. His fate now lies in the hands of the 16-member parole board, which will make its decision after his hearing, which is expected sometime in March, online records show. The rules that govern how the board weighs a prisoner's release were revised in 2017 because of lobbying by liberal activists, a police union source said. The board now gives more weight to an inmate's age and record while in prison — and less to the severity of their crimes. PBA President Patrick Hendry called the probation process 'torture for the families.' 'It is shameful that they are forced to deliver their victim impact statement to a random parole board member who may not be on the panel deciding the case,' Hendry said. 'Every parole board member who sits on the panel should be required to look these grieving families in the eye and hear their story before they vote to put another ruthless cop-killer back on the streets.'
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Cha Cha Nova Sells For $803,000
Read the full story on Backfire News All eyes were on the legendary Cha Cha Nova when it crossed the auction block at Barrett-Jackson 2025 in Scottsdale. By the time the hammer fell, the winning bid was a whopping $803,000 proving the car is as iconic as many had anticipated. Since it's a new build, this was its first market 1969 Chevy Nova lovingly called Cha Cha was built as a homage to Shirley Muldowney, a legendary female drag racer who also goes by Cha Cha and is often called the First Lady of Drag Racing. To create a car worthy of the legend's name, this was given a Chevrolet Performance ZZ632 big block V8 with 1,004-horsepower on tap. Added to that is a Hogan's Racing custom intake manifold plus a Motion Raceworks ICON throttle body. On the fuel side, a Rick's Tanks custom stainless fuel system has been added with dual pumps to feed the beast. Handling all that power is a Tremec Magnum 6-speed manual transmission, which feeds into a 4-inch aluminum driveshaft. Of course, with plenty of power needs to come even more control or it's really good for nothing. That's why this build includes a Speedtech Performance Extreme subframe. Added to that is an Extreme High Mount independent rear suspension plus Baer 14-inch 6-piston brakes. Some of the body elements are custom-made carbon-fiber pieces. Muldowney's own color palette with Switchblade Silver, Royal Amethyst, and Sparkling Berry provide a strong visual statement for the exterior. Red River Customs did the custom interior using leather upholstery with pink and nickel stitching, plus laser etching of the names of the drag strips Muldowney won during her illustrious career. You'll also note the steering wheel, which was made by Billet Specialties. In a modern twist, the two gauge clusters are digital screens, an interesting move for a Nova build. All those attentions to detail in tribute to Muldowney turned into a bidding war and quite the final bid. Images via Barrett-Jackson
