Overview
- Pennsylvania State Police say a trooper saw a glass smoking device and a container with suspected crack cocaine or methamphetamine in plain view after Dykstra opened a glove-box pouch during the stop.
- The vehicle was pulled over just after midnight on Jan. 1 for a “dead plate” and lane issues, and the driver was taken into custody on separate allegations.
- Officers did not field-test the substances at the scene, securing the items for laboratory analysis, according to court records.
- Dykstra was released from the scene and later issued a summons on misdemeanor counts of drug possession and paraphernalia possession, with a preliminary hearing set for Feb. 3 in Pike County.
- Attorney Matthew Blit says the vehicle was not Dykstra’s, that Dykstra was not under the influence or taken into custody, and that the driver faces numerous counts, adding that Dykstra is recovering from a serious stroke.