{"id":508423,"date":"2026-01-06T20:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/508423\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T20:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:15:13","slug":"cops-suspect-mets-champ-lenny-dykstra-had-crack-or-meth-on-him-during-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/508423\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops suspect Mets champ Lenny Dykstra had crack or meth on him during arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pennsylvania police believed former Mets star Lenny Dykstra had crack-cocaine or methamphetamine on him during a traffic stop that resulted in his arrest<\/a> last Thursday, according to TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dykstra, 62, sat in the passenger\u2019s seat of a 2015 GMC Sierra when he opened the glove box during questioning to help confirm his identity to the officers.<\/p>\n

The car had been stopped just after midnight on New Year\u2019s Day for alleged motor vehicle violations.<\/p>\n

\"LennyLenny Dykstra in 2019. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n

The police allegedly noticed a \u201ccontainer holding suspected crack-cocaine\/methamphetamine and a glass smoking device containing suspected drug residue,\u201d per TMZ.<\/p>\n

The officers reportedly did not field test the alleged narcotics, but they arrested him and he has since been charged with misdemeanor possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, per the Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring this investigation, the passenger was found to be in possession of narcotics and narcotic related equipment\/paraphernalia,\u201d the police report said, per the Inquirer. \u201cCharges to be filed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dykstra\u2019s attorney, Matthew Blit, told TMZ that his client is innocent.<\/p>\n

The Scranton resident has a preliminary hearing set for Feb. 3 in Pike County, per the Inquirer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe firmly assert that the alleged narcotics did not belong to Lenny, who is currently recovering from a serious stroke. Lenny was not knowingly in possession of or under the influence of any narcotics on his person and was not taken into custody at the scene,\u201d Blit said to TMZ.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe driver was arrested and taken into custody at the scene and accused of 17 counts, including being under the influence. Not Lenny. Attorney Tom Mincer and our team remain steadfast in our commitment to absolving Lenny of all possession charges.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"LennyLenny Dykstra in 2016. Paul J. Bereswill<\/p>\n

Dykstra has encountered many legal issues since his MLB career ended in 1996, having been arrested multiple times, including in 2018<\/a> for drug possession and making terroristic threats toward an Uber driver, and in 2011<\/a> on drug possession charges and grand theft auto.<\/p>\n

He served jail time<\/a> after pleading guilty to bankruptcy fraud and other charges in 2012, and has been accused of sexual misconduct on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n

Dykstra spent his entire career with the Mets and Phillies, winning a championship with the 1986 Amazin\u2019s and finishing second in the 1993 MVP voting with Philadelphia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania police believed former Mets star Lenny Dykstra had crack-cocaine or methamphetamine on him during a traffic stop…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,48430,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,25,185],"class_list":["post-508423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-mets","tag-baseball","tag-lenny-dykstra","tag-mets","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-mets","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkmets","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115849994294872921","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}