In this Jan. 4, 2008 file photo, former Major League Baseball player Lenny Dykstra poses for a portrait in New York. Dykstra has been charged with car theft and drug possession. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office says Dykstra and two other men were charged Monday, June 6, 2011, with grand theft auto, identity theft and other crimes. He faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
SAN FERNANDO - Former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra pleaded not guilty today to 25 criminal counts, including grand theft auto, for allegedly trying to lease cars using phony business and credit information.
The 48-year-old ex-baseball star - who pleaded not guilty Monday to federal bankruptcy charges stemming from the alleged sale of property from his $18 million mansion in Ventura County - remains jailed on $5 million bail pending his next appearance July 11 in San Fernando Superior Court.
Dykstra was charged June 6 along with his accountant, Robert Hymers, 27, and a friend, Christopher Gavanis, 30, with trying to lease high-end vehicles from several area dealerships by providing false information and claiming credit through a phony business, Home Free Systems.
Dykstra and Hymers allegedly provided information at two dealerships from a man -- who had not authorized his name to be used -- who they claimed was a co-signer.
The three allegedly drove off with cars from one company by providing false information, while leases were not approved at two other dealerships.
During a search warrant served at Dysktra's Encino home in connection with his arrest April 14, Los Angeles police detectives found cocaine and Ecstasy, along with the synthetic human growth hormone, Somatropin, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
Dykstra is charged with eight counts of filing false
financial statements, five counts of attempted grand theft auto, four counts of identity theft and three counts each of grand theft auto and possession of a controlled substance. All of those charges are felonies.He also faces one misdemeanor count each of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and unauthorized possession of a syringe.
If convicted, he faces up to 12 years in state prison, according to the District Attorney's Office.
Hymers is charged with 17 felony counts, including grand theft auto and identity theft, while Gavanis faces six felony counts, including grand theft auto and false financial statements.
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