MMC
10-20-2011, 01:37 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/former-met-lenny-dykstra-pleads-auto-theft-014515474.html
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra pleaded no contest on Wednesday to grand theft auto charges stemming from what prosecutors said was a scheme to lease cars using phony business and credit information.
Dykstra, 48, entered his plea, the equivalent of guilty in California, during a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court. In addition to three counts of grand theft auto, he pleaded no contest to one count of filing false financial statements.
The onetime World Series hero faces a maximum penalty of four years in prison when he appears before a judge for sentencing in January.
Dykstra and two associates were accused of running a scheme to lease high-end automobiles from dealerships using fraudulent information and claiming credit through a phony business called Home Free Systems.
Dykstra originally faced 25 criminal counts, including three counts of possession of a controlled substance, due to the alleged discovery of cocaine, Ecstasy and a synthetic growth hormone during a police search of his Los Angeles home.
Those charges together were punishable by up to 12 years in prison. But Los Angeles prosecutors said on Wednesday that the remainder of the case would be dismissed at sentencing under his plea deal.
Dykstra still faces two additional and unrelated criminal prosecutions. An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in May accuses him of stealing or destroying some $400,000 in property that was part of his bankruptcy case.
Then in August, he was charged in Los Angeles with exposing himself to a string of women who answered online employment advertisements he posted.....snip~
Lmao his nickname was Nails.....Guess now it will be Nailed! :D ;D
Busted dead to rights and he pleas out for a 4 yr charge. Day for Day thats dwn to 2 yrs. 90 days good time. 18months. I still think they will give him the 18 months.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra pleaded no contest on Wednesday to grand theft auto charges stemming from what prosecutors said was a scheme to lease cars using phony business and credit information.
Dykstra, 48, entered his plea, the equivalent of guilty in California, during a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court. In addition to three counts of grand theft auto, he pleaded no contest to one count of filing false financial statements.
The onetime World Series hero faces a maximum penalty of four years in prison when he appears before a judge for sentencing in January.
Dykstra and two associates were accused of running a scheme to lease high-end automobiles from dealerships using fraudulent information and claiming credit through a phony business called Home Free Systems.
Dykstra originally faced 25 criminal counts, including three counts of possession of a controlled substance, due to the alleged discovery of cocaine, Ecstasy and a synthetic growth hormone during a police search of his Los Angeles home.
Those charges together were punishable by up to 12 years in prison. But Los Angeles prosecutors said on Wednesday that the remainder of the case would be dismissed at sentencing under his plea deal.
Dykstra still faces two additional and unrelated criminal prosecutions. An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in May accuses him of stealing or destroying some $400,000 in property that was part of his bankruptcy case.
Then in August, he was charged in Los Angeles with exposing himself to a string of women who answered online employment advertisements he posted.....snip~
Lmao his nickname was Nails.....Guess now it will be Nailed! :D ;D
Busted dead to rights and he pleas out for a 4 yr charge. Day for Day thats dwn to 2 yrs. 90 days good time. 18months. I still think they will give him the 18 months.