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Author:  rogers park bryan [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:07 am ]
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Congratulations!!!

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Lenny Dykstra Prison Sentence: Ex-Mets Outfielder Gets Three Years In Jail

Lenny Dykstra, a member of the 1986 World Champion New York Mets team, reacts to fans during a pre-game ceremony to honor the 20th anniversary of the Mets 1986 team before the New York Mets played a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006, at Shea Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Ed Betz)
By GREG RISLING 03/ 6/12 05:40 AM ET Associated Press

SAN FERNANDO, Calif. -- Disgraced ex-New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra on Monday was sentenced to three years in a California state prison after pleading no contest to grand theft auto and providing a false financial statement.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Ulfig sentenced Dykstra after refusing to allow him to withdraw his plea and said the scam to lease high-end automobiles from dealerships by providing fraudulent information and claiming credit through a phony business showed sophistication and extensive planning.

"He obviously didn't have the money to get the vehicles," Ulfig said. "His conduct was indeed criminal."

Dykstra, 49, has had a series of recent legal troubles and the prison sentence is part of a post-career downward spiral for the stocky slugger known as "Nails" that has included a stint at a sober living facility.

In a rambling and impassioned plea for probation, Dykstra said he has tried to make amends for his past transgressions and said he would be cleared of any wrongdoing had his motion to withdraw his plea been granted.

"I'm doing everything in my power to be a better person," he said.

Dykstra, wearing a gray suit with a blue shirt, was immediately remanded to custody as he walked into the court's back room, hands in his pockets. Dykstra has earned nearly a year's worth of credit toward his sentence for time already served.

Following the hearing, defense attorney Andrew Flier said Dykstra was singled out because he's a celebrity.

"No way this wasn't a probationary case," Flier said. "To give him state prison is outrageous. I find it disgusting."


Dykstra initially pleaded not guilty to 25 counts after police arrested him and found cocaine, Ecstasy and synthetic human growth hormone at his Los Angeles home last April. He changed his plea in October to no contest and in exchange prosecutors dropped 21 counts.

Prosecutors said Dykstra and his accountant, Robert Hymers, 27, provided information at two dealerships from a man they claimed was a co-signer but who had not authorized his name to be used. The leases were not approved.

However, at another auto dealer, Dykstra, Hymers and Christopher Gavanis, 30, a friend of Dykstra's, were able to drive off with three cars by providing fraudulent information to the dealer. Hymers and Gavanis have entered no contest pleas as well and are awaiting sentencing.

Ulfig noted Dykstra wasn't dissuaded the first two times with the scam and "hit a home run" the third time. Those cars, Flier argued, were later returned and only depreciated in value.

In arguing for the maximum four-year sentence, Deputy District Attorney Alexander Karkanen said Dykstra has used his charm and celebrity status to get what he wants and has never been accountable for his actions.

"I'm glad Lenny Dykstra has been held responsible for his behavior," Karkanen said outside of court. "This is a first for him."

Dykstra still faces federal bankruptcy charges and is scheduled to stand trial this summer. He filed for bankruptcy a few years ago, claiming he owed more than $31 million and had only $50,000 in assets. Federal prosecutors said that after filing, Dykstra hid, sold or destroyed more than $400,000 worth of items from the $18.5 million mansion without permission of a bankruptcy trustee.

Dykstra, who spent his 12-year career with the Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, also has pleaded not guilty to indecent exposure charges for allegedly exposing himself to women he met on Craigslist.

Dykstra said he didn't deserve to be put in jail on trumped-up charges and said he wasn't able to go to the funeral of his mother who died while he was incarcerated awaiting trial. He noted that he chose to go into a drug rehab center, volunteers his time with a college baseball team and has paid nearly $20 million in taxes.

"I do have remorse for some of the things I've done," he said. "But because I wasn't a perfect person am I a criminal? Everyone wants to make me out to be a monster."
Author:  Scorehead [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:17 am ]
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Dykstra is in the all time scumbag team photo. What a degenerate.
Author:  Terry's Peeps [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:19 am ]
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I bet he smoked the dope.
Author:  Scorehead [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:20 am ]
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Terry's Peeps wrote:
I bet he smoked the dope.


Why do you think they call it dope? :P
Author:  Douchebag [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:36 am ]
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Scorehead wrote:
Dykstra is in the all time scumbag team photo. What a degenerate.

Absolutely.

Someone posted an article on here about him a few years ago. He's easily one of the sleaziest people I have ever read about.
Author:  312player [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 11:43 am ]
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gotta disagree...o.j. killed two people that wideout from the patriots killed a guy..jason williams killed his limo driver...eddie curry tried to get his to suck his dick...this seems like a stiff sentence sine the article says the cars were returned ..all cars depreciate in value the second they leave the lot..so pay restitution and avoid jail..but 3 years seems too much
Author:  Krazy Ivan [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:34 pm ]
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Author:  denisdman [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:58 pm ]
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312player wrote:
gotta disagree...o.j. killed two people that wideout from the patriots killed a guy..jason williams killed his limo driver...eddie curry tried to get his to suck his dick...this seems like a stiff sentence sine the article says the cars were returned ..all cars depreciate in value the second they leave the lot..so pay restitution and avoid jail..but 3 years seems too much



I learned something new today. Eddie Curry will not end well.....
Author:  conns7901 [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:59 pm ]
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312player wrote:
all cars depreciate in value the second they leave the lot..so pay restitution and avoid jail..but 3 years seems too much


He has no money to pay restitution.
Author:  312player [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:20 pm ]
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you don't think he could have hustled up some cash from a friend? former teammate to avoid 3 years in the can?...how bout auctioning off any valuables he may have left?..or doing a b list fight against another hasbeen ?
Author:  Douchebag [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:22 pm ]
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312player wrote:
you don't think he could have hustled up some cash from a friend? former teammate to avoid 3 years in the can?...how bout auctioning off any valuables he may have left?..or doing a b list fight against another hasbeen ?

He lost everything when the economy tanked. Im sure he probably screwed over former teammates with his bad investment deals also.
Author:  312player [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:24 pm ]
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very possible ...but lindsey lohan has continually violated her probation..drove drunk/high on illegal prescription drugs and avoids continues to avoid doing county time..yet they sent this guy to prison for 3 years? makes no sense
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:24 pm ]
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312player wrote:
go..all cars depreciate in value the second they leave the lot..so pay restitution and avoid jail..but 3 years seems too much

How bout the guy who's name he stole?

Idenity thieves should get life with no parole


But this is just what they caught him for. He's a bad guy. He did this same thing with Planes (leased em using another person's credit) when everyone thought he was an investment baller.

Bad Nailz
Author:  Urlacher's missing neck [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:28 pm ]
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He is going to be giving a lot of prison head. Those inmates will be able to get a nicotine buzz from the amount of dip still embedded in his gums.
Author:  312player [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:29 pm ]
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the guy is shady as hell but not even in the top 20 all time scumbags in sports.
Author:  Scorehead [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:31 pm ]
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312player wrote:
very possible ...but lindsey lohan has continually violated her probation..drove drunk/high on illegal prescription drugs and avoids continues to avoid doing county time..yet they sent this guy to prison for 3 years? makes no sense


Lohan has a couple pf attributes that Lenny doesn't have. The list of rich & famous people she has banged is a long one, & I'm sure many of them have helped her out.
Author:  312player [ Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:41 pm ]
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i don't even think lohan is fine..she is a dime a dozen and has zero talent
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