Grand Theft Auto - Former Met Lenny Dykstra Pleads To Auto Theft Reuters

LOS ANGELES Wed Oct 19, 2011 9:45pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra pleaded no contest with Wednesday in order to grand theft crash charges stemming from just what exactly prosecutors stated ended up being some sort of scheme to lease cars applying bogus organization and credit information.

Dykstra, 48, entered his / her plea, the same as responsible within California, throughout a studying around Los Angeles Superior Court. In accessory that will three counts connected with awesome fraud auto, he / she also pleaded not any contest , sweepstakes that will a single depend of medical history fake economical statements.

The onetime World Series main character looks a highest penalty regarding four years in prison any time he / she seems ahead of a ascertain regarding sentencing around January.

Dykstra and not one but two associates had been charged regarding running a scheme, starting earlier this year, that will hire high-end motors from dealerships using fake info as well as boasting credit rating via a counterfeit small business called Home Free Systems.

Although they were terminated at a pair of dealerships, prosecutors charge, they drove off of with several automobiles coming from yet another business.

Dykstra, nicknamed "Nails" while in his / her hockey career, expended greater than a few years within the Major Leagues, primarily as an outfielder for that New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies.

He nonetheless looks a couple added and unrelated offender prosecutions. An indictment delivered by way of u . s . awesome jury within May accuses Dykstra with taking or perhaps doing damage to quite a few $400,000 in home that has been component of his or her bankruptcy hearing case.

Then in August, they has been billed within Los Angeles by using exposing themself to a string connected with adult females who clarified on the web recruitment advertisings he or she posted.

(Reporting by means of Alex Dobuzinskis ; croping and editing by way of and Cynthia Johnston)