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Dykstra pleads no contest to auto theft
Major League Baseball

Dykstra pleads no contest to auto theft

Published Oct. 19, 2011 1:00 a.m. ET

Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra has changed his plea from not guilty to no contest on charges of auto theft and providing a false financial statement.

Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Alex Karnanen says the 48-year-old faces up to four years in prison as part of a plea deal.

Dykstra and two co-defendants are accused of trying to lease and then sell high-end cars from several car dealerships in January by claiming credit through a phony business.

In exchange for changing his plea, prosecutors dropped more than a dozen charges against Dykstra, shortening the possible jail time he faces by eight years.

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He had initially entered the not guilty plea in January.

Dykstra is scheduled to be sentenced next Jan. 20.

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