Former slugger Lenny “Nails” Dykstra was arrested Monday on charges of running a car theft ring with two other cohorts. The trio managed to make off with three vehicles after giving false information to a Southern California dealership.
No stranger to legal trouble, Dykstra is now facing 25 charges related to the incident, including several counts of grand theft auto. Los Angeles County prosecutors say Dykstra, along with his accountant Robert Hymersand friend Christopher Gavanis, attempted to lease vehicles from two dealerships with phony information. Although the first two dealerships didn’t bite, the third one did.
“He has scammed everybody he knows,” Deputy Dist. Atty. Alex Karkanen said. “They faked pay stubs. They faked income information for the company. They made it all up on a laser printer at home. And when the dealers asked for a co-signer, they said their financial officer would sign.” That financial officer turned out to be one of Hymersand’s unsuspecting clients.
The alleged car bandits made off with a Ford Flex, Mustang and Lincoln MKS. The cars are now back in the possession of the dealer, but Dykstra maintains his innocence.
“Of course I’m not guilty,” Dykstra told the Daily News of New York on Monday. “The car got stolen alright – stolen by them. I don’t have it anymore.”
Adding insult to injury, police also found cocaine, Ecstasy and somatropin, a form of human growth hormone, when raiding Dykstra’s house.
Dykstra, already facing charges related to bankruptcy fraud, could spend up to 12 years in prison if convicted on his latest charges.
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