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Former MLB All-Star Lenny Dykstra is facing drug charges following a traffic stop by Pennsylvania State Police on New Year’s Day.
Pennsylvania troopers found Dykstra, 62, with drugs and paraphernalia in his possession while a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped in Pike County.
Pike County is about 25 miles east of Scranton, where Dykstra lives.
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Former MLB player Lenny Dykstra, accused of making threats against an Uber driver, rejects a plea offer before Union County Superior Court Judge Joseph Donahue. Lawyer Michael Brucki stands next to him. (IMAGIN)
Police noted that charges were filed against Dykstra, although there was no specification of what drugs were allegedly found.
Dykstra’s attorney, Matthew Blit, said in a statement to The Associated Press that he believes those charges will be “quickly dismissed” since the vehicle did not belong to the ex-ball player.
Dykstra was also not charged with being under the influence of a drug at the scene, according to Blit.
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“To the extent charges are brought against him, they will be expeditiously acquitted,” the statement read.
Dykstra has had legal troubles in the past, including serving time in prison in California for bankruptcy fraud. He was sentenced to more than six months after being found guilty of concealing baseball gloves and other items from his days in the MLB.
Dykstra also served a three-year sentence for pleading no contest to Grand Theft Auto and filing a false financial statement, claiming he owed more than $31 million when he had only $50,000 in assets. His prison terms ran concurrently.
Lenny Dykstra #4 of the Philadelphia Phillies looks on from the dugout against the San Francisco Giants during a Major League Baseball game circa 1993 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. Dykstra played for the Phillies from 1989-96. (Focus on Sports/Getty Images)
Then, in April 2012, he pleaded no contest to exposing himself to women he met through Craiglist.
That same year, Dykstra had drug and terroristic threats charges dropped after an argument with an Uber driver. Police said at the time that they found cocaine, MDMA and marijuana among Dykstra’s possessions, although his attorney claimed the incident was “exaggerated.”
Dykstra was a three-time All-Star during his 12-year MLB career, which began with the New York Mets and ended with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Lenny Dykstra attends the 69th Annual Artists and Writers Softball Game at Herrick Park on August 19, 2017 in East Hampton, New York. (Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images)
All three of Dykstra’s All-Star seasons came in Philadelphia, where he was traded from New York in the 1989 season.
Dykstra finished second in MVP voting in the 1993 season after leading the National League with 194 hits, 143 runs and 129 walks while hitting .305/.420/.382 with 44 doubles and 66 RBI.
