Former MLB All-Star Lenny Dykstra might be going through drug fees to start out the brand new 12 months.
Dykstra, 62, was sitting within the passenger seat of a car that received pulled over on New Yr’s Day by a state trooper in Pike County, Penn. In accordance with a police report obtained by TMZ Sports activities, Dykstra was present in possession of “narcotics and narcotic-related tools/paraphernalia,” with Dykstra being listed because the “arrestee” on the report.
The Pennsylvania State Police stated in a press release that it plans to file fees in opposition to Dykstra. Nevertheless, it stays unclear what the costs are going to be and how much medicine have been allegedly on Dykstra’s particular person.
Dykstra’s lawyer, Matthew Blit, argued that the motive force was the one who ended up being taken into custody for suspected driving beneath the affect, with any fees in opposition to Dykstra anticipated to be “swiftly absolved.”
“Lenny Dykstra was merely a passenger in a car that didn’t belong to him,” Blit advised TMZ. “Undeniably, the precise driver and proprietor was taken into custody on the scene beneath the suspicion of driving beneath the affect. Lenny was not accused of being beneath the affect of any substance on the scene, nor was he arrested or taken into custody on the scene. To the extent fees are introduced in opposition to him, they are going to be swiftly absolved.”
It’s not the primary time Dykstra has been accused of being in possession of unlawful medicine whereas in a motorized vehicle. In 2018, Dykstra was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of meth and making terroristic threats after an altercation with an Uber driver.
Just a few years in the past, Dykstra jokingly celebrated that he had not been arrested for over three years. That streak got here to an finish on the primary day of 2026.
