Lenny Dykstra arrested again, pulled a gun on his Uber driver

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Perpetually-troubled ex-Mets star Lenny Dykstra was busted before dawn Wednesday after putting a weapon to the head of an Uber driver and threatening to kill him, police said. Dykstra, 55, was arrested outside police headquarters in Linden, N.J., where the terrified driver jumped out of the car and ran for his life around 3:30 a.m., police said. The former Mets outfielder known as "Nails" was charged with making terroristic threats and possession of cocaine, marijuana and MDMA — or ecstasy. Dykstra allegedly put the weapon to the driver's head when the man refused his order to change the destination of their trip, cops said.

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Dykstra told the Daily News that the Uber driver actually took him hostage during the early morning ride. "The guy went nuclear on me," said Dykstra. "He f---ing kidnapped me and almost killed me going 100 mph. He locked me in his f---ing car, and he wouldn't let me out." Dykstra, despite a police news release detailing the crimes against him, insisted he was not arrested. "No dude," he told The News. "It's another day in the life of Lenny Dykstra."

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