Dykstra charged with auto theft, drug possession

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Tribune News Services
1:30 p.m. CDT, June 6, 2011

SAN FERNANDO, Calif. — Former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies star Lenny Dykstra was charged Monday with grand theft auto and drug possession by prosecutors who claim he used phony information to lease a car from a Southern California dealership.

Dykstra, 48, was charged with 25 misdemeanor and felony counts of grand theft auto, attempted grand theft auto, identity theft and other crimes, said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. He faces up to 12 years in state prison if convicted.

His accountant and a friend were charged in connection with the alleged auto theft but not with drug crimes, Robison said.

Prosecutors contend that the three men tried to lease high-end cars from dealers this year by providing phony information and claiming credit through a phony business called Home Free Systems.

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[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. isn't he the former star of the GOP investment crass?

religious, ultraconservative, and a leader in christofascist investment policies?

[exboyfil]

2. I don't know but

he is a former classmate of mine from Garden Grove High School. I can't say I knew him.