Turkey Leg Hut founder Nakia Holmes was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with a felony after she allegedly hindered the arrest of a man accused of aggravated kidnapping, according to Harris County court records.
Holmes, 45, was charged with one count of hindering apprehension or prosecution of a known felon.
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She is accused of helping Johnathan Saizon, a man who days earlier was accused of beating an ex-girlfriend with a tire iron while free on bond on earlier felony charges. He was also charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault of a family member.
Holmes does not have any prior criminal history in Harris County. She is due in court Friday.
Holmes was released from jail on a $10,000 bond on Thursday morning. Saizon was still in custody at the jail. Neither had a listed defense attorney.
According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, Holmes was arrested while a crime reduction unit was searching for Saizon. Deputies received a tip that Saizon was at Holmes' home on Blue Wood Aster Court in the Bridgeland area of west Harris County.
As deputies were staking out the house, Holmes and Saizon's mother left the home and began driving away, according to the sheriff's office. Deputies pulled the car over and asked Holmes if anyone was in the home. She said no, according to the sheriff's office.
During the traffic stop, however, Saizon was seen leaving the back door of the home and jumping over fences, according to the sheriff's office. He was arrested shortly after leaving the house.
Holmes is accused of passing some kind of message on to Saizon, who she called an ex-boyfriend, that led him to leave the home.
Holmes is not alleged to be involved in the kidnapping or assult.
In court records, Holmes identified herself as the owner of the Turkey Leg Hut and reported having $700 in assets.
The Turkey Leg Hut was once one of the most well-known restaurants in Houston. The Third Ward restaurant closed last year, though the business has remained in headlines for months.
Holmes' ex-husband,
Lynn Price, was indicted on federal arson charges in April. The Department of Justice accused Price of hiring three men to set fire to Bar 5015, a business near the Turkey Leg Hut that is owned by a former business partner with whom he was feuding.
Federal prosecutors have also said that
Price was running a chop shop and selling drugs out of the Turkey Leg Hut. Holmes has not been charged or implicated in the federal case.