Former Baseball Player Lenny Dykstra Faces Drug Charges After New Year’s Day Traffic Stop

Former Baseball Player Lenny Dykstra Faces Drug Charges After New Year’s Day Traffic Stop
Former baseball player Lenny Dykstra sits during his sentencing for grand theft auto in Los Angeles, on Dec. 3, 2012. Nick Ut/AP
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Retired professional baseball player Lenny Dykstra faces charges after Pennsylvania State Police said a trooper found drugs and paraphernalia in his possession during a traffic stop on New Year’s Day.

Dykstra, 62, was a passenger when the vehicle was pulled over by a trooper with the Blooming Grove patrol unit in Pike County, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Scranton, where Dykstra lives.