Lenny Dykstra jailed on drug

San Fernando, California - The star of the Mets and Phillies, Lenny Dykstra Yugoslavia was arrested on charges of auto theft and drug possession after being accused of using false information to rent a car dealership in southern California.

Dykstra, 48, was charged with 25 counts of crimes and car theft, attempted auto theft, identity theft and other crimes. He faces 12 years in prison if convicted.

Dykstra was jailed on $ 500,000 bail. Your accountant and a friend were also charged in connection with the alleged theft of cars, but not drugs. The three men should be named June 16.

The police who arrested April 14 Dykstra found cocaine, Ecstasy and synthetic human growth hormone somatropin at his home in San Fernando Valley.

A spokesman for the district attorney's office in Los Angeles County Dykstra said it had obtained a lawyer.

"Of course I'm not guilty," Dykstra told the Daily News in New York on Monday. "The car was stolen straight - stolen from them that I was over my computer, my phone, my clothes ..."

This may be a reference to financial problems Dykstra.

Dykstra, who bought a mansion in Ventura County, which belonged to the hockey star Wayne Gretzky, has filed for bankruptcy two years ago, saying he owed more than $ 31 million and only had $ 50 000 assets.

In May he was accused more than a dozen federal charges, including bankruptcy fraud.