Former baseball icon Lenny Dykstra finds himself in legal trouble as Pennsylvania State Police have charged him following the discovery of drugs and drug-related items during a New Year’s Day traffic stop.

The 62-year-old, who was a passenger at the time, was halted by a state trooper from the Blooming Grove unit in Pike County, approximately 25 miles (or 40 kilometers) from his residence in Scranton.

Authorities have indicated that charges will be forthcoming, though they have yet to disclose specific details regarding the nature of the charges or the substances involved in the incident.

Attempts to reach Dykstra for a statement were made, with calls directed to a number associated with him. Meanwhile, his attorney, Matt Blit, has announced that an official statement is expected to be issued later this Friday.

Dykstra, whose tough and tenacious approach on the field earned him the nickname “Nails,” enjoyed a storied career with the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies. After retiring, he ventured into business, only to face multiple legal challenges over the years.

Dykstra served time in a California prison for bankruptcy fraud, sentenced to more than six months for hiding baseball gloves and other items from his playing days. That ran concurrent with a three-year sentence for pleading no contest to grand theft auto and providing a false financial statement. He claimed he owed more than $31 million and had only $50,000 in assets.

In April 2012, Dykstra pleaded no contest to exposing himself to women he met through Craigslist.

In 2019, Dykstra pleaded guilty on behalf of his company, Titan Equity Group, to illegally renting out rooms in a New Jersey house that it owned. He agreed to pay about $3,000 in fines.

That same year a judge dropped drug and terroristic threat charges against Dykstra after an altercation with an Uber driver. Police said they found cocaine, MDMA and marijuana among his belongings. Dykstra’s lawyer called that incident “overblown” and said he was innocent.

And in 2020 a New York Supreme Court judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit that Dykstra filed against former Mets teammate Ron Darling over his allegation that Dykstra made racist remarks toward an opponent during the 1986 World Series.

Justice Robert D. Kalish said Dykstra’s reputation “for unsportsmanlike conduct and bigotry” had already been so tarnished that it could not be damaged further.

“Based on the papers submitted on this motion, prior to the publication of the book, Dykstra was infamous for being, among other things, racist, misogynist, and anti-gay, as well as a sexual predator, a drug-abuser, a thief, and an embezzler,” Kalish wrote.