Topic: Los Angeles

Former Met Lenny Dykstra pleads to auto theft

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra pleaded no contest on Wednesday to grand theft auto charges stemming from what prosecutors said was a scheme to lease cars using phony business and credit information.Dykstra, 48, entered his plea, ...

Dykstra pleads innocent to indecent exposure charges

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges that he exposed himself to a string of women who answered his Craigslist employment ads.The 48-year-old former ballplayer entered not guilty pleas to two ...

Lenny Dykstra charged in L.A. with indecent exposure

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra was charged on Thursday with exposing himself to a string of women who answered his Craigslist employment ads, Los Angeles city prosecutors said on Thursday.The 48-year-old former World Series hero was ...

Judge sets hearing for Dykstra on auto theft charges

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles judge on Monday set a September pretrial hearing for former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra on grand theft auto charges.Dykstra, who was brought into court in orange jail garb and handcuffs, also entered a ...

Ellsbury hit completes Red Sox rally over Indians

BOSTON (Reuters) - Jacoby Ellsbury lined a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to keep the Boston Red Sox in first place in the American League East with a 3-2 triumph over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday.Ellsbury came ...

Marlins All-Star Ramirez exits with sprained shoulder

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Florida All-Star shortstop Hanley Ramirez exited the Marlins' 4-3 victory over the New York Mets in the sixth inning with a sprained left shoulder on Tuesday.Ramirez landed on the shoulder after diving for a ball in shallow left ...

Former Yankees pitcher Irabu dead in apparent suicide

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Major League Baseball pitcher Hideki Irabu, who started for the New York Yankees for three seasons in the late 1990s, was found dead at his Los Angeles-area home of an apparent suicide, the coroner's office said on ...

Lenny Dykstra pleads innocent in L.A. car theft case

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra pleaded innocent on Thursday to 25 criminal counts stemming from what prosecutors say was a scheme to lease cars using phony business and credit information.Dykstra, who was indicted by a federal ...

Ex-Mets star Dykstra pleads not guilty in fraud case

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra pleaded not guilty to bankruptcy fraud charges on Monday and was ordered to stand trial on August 9.Dykstra, best known for helping the Mets win the 1986 World Series, was indicted ...

Dodger Stadium beating suspect remains in custody

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A 31-year-old ex-convict arrested in the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium on Opening Day remained in custody on Monday on a parole hold, prosecutors said.Giovanni Ramirez was taken into custody early on Sunday ...
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