Turkey Leg Hut, the favored Houston restaurant that attracted large crowds and superstar curiosity, is on the heart of an ongoing scandal involving its former proprietor, Lynn Worth. In accordance with the FBI, kilos of marijuana had been offered at Turkey Leg Hut and reportedly emblazoned with the corporate’s emblem.
The Houston Chronicle reviews that FBI particular Agent Deborah Cline testified final week at a detention listening to for Lynn Worth, 42, who owned the Turkey Leg Hut, which closed for good final 12 months. Worth was arrested final week in reference to a 2020 arson, alleging that he paid 4 males $1,400 to set hearth to a bar located throughout the road from his institution.
One of many 4 males, John Lee Worth, mentioned that he helped assist a covert marijuana operation utilizing product shipped in from California and offered in baggage bearing the Turkey Leg Hut emblem. Worth reportedly didn’t deal with the day-to-day gross sales himself however is framed as a ringleader of the operation.
Lynn Worth nor the lads accused of setting hearth to Bar 5105 have been accused of something related to the marijuana operation. Agent Cline mentioned over 1,000 kilos of marijuana was stored on the premises of the restaurant, which was guarded across the clock.
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