Drugs & Alcohol

Lenny Dykstra -- a longtime major leaguer best remembered as a member of the 1986 New York Mets -- may be facing drug charges.

According to a police report obtained by TMZ, Pennsylvania State Police pulled over a car in which Dykstra was a passenger on New Year's Day after they say they saw the driver commit a motor vehicle code violation.

During the traffic stop, officers claim they found Dykstra had "narcotics and narcotic related equipment/paraphernalia." Officers list Dykstra as the "arrestee" on the documents, however his high-powered attorney Matthew Blit says that's not the case.

One half of the Island Boys got locked up right before the new year started ... and now we have a better idea why.

TMZ broke the news ... Franky Venegas was arrested again in Florida for alleged drug-related offenses and is currently behind bars.

According to a sheriff's report we just obtained ... Franky and his female companion were pulled over for a routine traffic stop ... and were allegedly acting super suspicious.

Tommy Lee Jones' daughter, Victoria, was found dead at a California hotel on New Year's Day ... and the call came into police as a suspected drug overdose.

TMZ broke the story ... Victoria was discovered inside the swanky Fairmont San Francisco early Thursday at 2:52 AM. Upon arrival, paramedics conducted an assessment, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

In Broadcastify dispatch audio, obtained by TMZ, the call for the incident came in as a "code 3 for the overdose, color change."

One half of the Island Boys didn't ring in the New Year on a high note ... 'cause TMZ has learned Franky Venegas was arrested again in Florida for alleged drug-related offenses and is currently behind bars.

Law enforcement tells us Franky was booked into the Collier County Jail in Naples Wednesday night on one count of drug paraphernalia, posing for a fresh mug shot ... face tattoos and all.

We're told Franky has no bond, as he's being held on a 24-hour hold because he's already out on bond from a February arrest for delivering/possessing/selling a firearm with an altered serial number.

We broke the story ... Franky was arrested in February on drug and firearm charges. The drug count was dropped, but the firearm charge stuck, and that's the case he's currently out on bond for.

Sean Astin is stepping in to help 'Ned’s Declassified' alum Tylor Chase ... according to one of his former costars.

Daniel Curtis Lee, who’s recently spent time with Tylor -- even covering a temporary hotel stay for him -- tells TMZ ... shortly after seeing him, someone assisting Tylor reached out, and told him Sean Astin wanted to meet Tylor.

According to Daniel, Sean -- a major hero to Tylor, who’s a huge "Lord of the Rings" fan -- hoped the meeting might help convince Tylor to get off the streets.

On Christmas Day, Daniel spoke with Tylor over FaceTime, during which Tylor reflected on his experience meeting Sean ... and by the sound of it, it was a positive one. Worth mentioning, Sean is the current president of the Screen Actors Guild.

The FBI has released images of numerous motorcycles seized by Mexican authorities in an operation this month -- the bikes are believed to belong to Olympian-turned-alleged drug lord Ryan Wedding.

The FBI's Los Angeles office posted multiple images of the seized motorcycles on X Monday, declaring the bikes have an estimated value of approximately $40 million altogether.

The motorcycles were seized when authorities carried out multiple search warrants. The seizures were the result of a collaboration between the FBI, Mexican authorities, the LAPD and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Wedding is a Canadian citizen and was believed to be living in Mexico.

Last week, Mexico's Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection announced it had seized 62 motorcycles, as well as drugs, artwork, and two Olympic medals from several properties in Mexico City and elsewhere in the State of Mexico.

The items were said to have been "related to a former Olympic athlete who is among the 10 most wanted fugitives by U.S. authorities."

Wedding represented Canada in the Men's Parallel Giant Slalom event at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he finished in 24th place.

He was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine in 2009, and he allegedly founded a trafficking enterprise after his release from prison in 2010. Authorities allege Wedding is responsible for shipping hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into the United States and Canada, CBS News reports.

After a promising start to getting the rehab he desperately needs, former 'Ned's Declassified' star Tylor Chase is back on the streets, TMZ has learned.

"Mighty Ducks" star Shaun Weiss tells TMZ ... Tylor was evaluated by a mental health crisis team after Jacob Harris -- the owner of Shipwreck Barbershop in Riverside, California, who has been a major advocate for Tylor -- called them. The crisis team placed Tylor in a 72-hour involuntary psychiatric hold, but they inexplicably released him, according to Shaun.

Shaun says, "They were supposed to hold him and then transport him to a detox facility that we had arranged. Instead, they let him out without contacting any of us."

According to Shaun, when Jacob found Tylor back on the street in Riverside late at night last week, the crisis team was called again. This time, they once again assessed Tylor to be a danger to himself -- Shaun tells us he was told Tylor was "smoking meth during the evaluation with no shoes or jacket in the freezing cold."

But Shaun says they still left him out on the street. Shaun also tells us ... despite some fans' well-meaning gestures to help Tylor out by giving him money on the street, that's been working against his recovery.

'Ned's Declassified' alum Tylor Chase has begun the process of getting into a rehab facility after his former co-stars begged him to get mental health help and off the streets.

Jacob Harris -- the owner of Shipwreck Barbershop in Riverside, California, who has been a major advocate for Tylor -- tells TMZ ... he visited Tylor for 3 hours on Christmas day, a visit he calls a "tipping point." He adds ... "I had to do something. I finally found a crisis center that would come out and do an on-site evaluation."

Jacob explains the former child star was evaluated by the crisis center, and workers decided he needed to be taken in to receive "medical attention" at a Riverside-area hospital. We're told Tylor is now on a 72-hour hold and is being treated before being taken into a rehab facility. Jacob also spoke to Daily Mail, who first reported the news of his hospitalization.

"Ned's Declassified" alum Daniel Curtis Lee thought he was doing the best thing for his homeless fellow former child star Tylor Chase by getting him a motel room to get him off the streets ... but it sounds like Tylor tore the place up.

Daniel hopped on social media on Christmas Day and gave a heartbreaking update on Tylor ... he says motel management called him within hours of Tylor checking in to inform him the door to the room was wide open, the fridge was flipped over, and the microwave was in the tub.

As we reported, Daniel drove about 50 miles from Los Angeles to Riverside to get Tylor a motel ... ahead of a heavy rain storm moving through the area.

But Daniel, who starred on the Nickelodeon series with Tylor, says Tylor's family warned him that their experiences with putting Tylor in hotels were bad ones ... and he admits he was wrong to think this would be any different.

Rapper Nino Breeze allegedly got caught with the wrong kind of tree during the Xmas season ... the Florida native was slapped with a federal cannabis offense, but he's home now celebrating in front the Christmas tree.

Nino's attorneys, Bradford Cohen and Mark Rankin, tell TMZ Hip Hop ... Nino surrendered Monday to the U.S. Marshals at the federal courthouse in Tampa after being charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana.

The lawyers said Nino was released after a court hearing in which he agreed to post $100,000 cash bond and put up $100,000 in property as collateral.

Richard Taite, an addiction-recovery expert, says Nick Reiner's relationship to his famous father and grandfather may have led to problems of self-worth as he grew up ... and he says Nick's struggles and extensive history in rehab may have been a result.

As you know, Nick Reiner is charged with murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner ... and Nick had earlier been in and out of rehab for substance abuse, and was diagnosed with schizophrenia before the tragedy.

Taite -- the founder and executive chairman of Carrara Treatment -- points out mental illness is almost always attached to drug addiction and alcoholism saying ... "they're one and the same."

Help is coming from all sides for "Ned's Declassified" alum Tylor Chase ... and now one of his former costars is stepping up, getting him a motel room to keep him off the streets, at least for the night.

Daniel Curtis Lee, who starred on the Nickelodeon series with Tylor, shared with TMZ an emotional video of him checking Tylor into a Riverside, California motel Tuesday ... after driving about 50 miles from L.A. to meet up with his former costar, who's been living on the streets.

Daniel tells TMZ ... he spent part of the day with Tylor walking around and catching up over pizza before helping him settle into the motel so he could stay dry ahead of a major Southern California rainstorm this week.

Nick Reiner is expected to claim insanity in his parents' murder case ... and we have a resurfaced interview where he admitted to using the same tactic in the past as a ploy to get drugs.

While promoting his 2015 film "Being Charlie," Nick spoke on the addiction and recovery podcast "Dopey," spilling about how he got prescribed the antidepressant Wellbutrin.

Nick told host Dave Manheim that while he was a patient at Alina Lodge -- an addiction treatment center in New Jersey -- the staff refused to give him drugs. This is, of course, standard procedure for a sober clinic, but Nick wasn't taking "no" for an answer.

What started out as alleged shoplifting turned into attempted murder when an Ohio man pulled a gun on a police officer inside a Walmart Thursday ... and the whole thing was caught on tape.

Watch this insane video ... 21-year-old Shane Newman appears anxious, chewing on his gloved fingers while sitting inside Walmart's loss prevention office around 1:40 PM. You can see him sneakily turn his back to the camera, and when he turns back around ... he produces a gun.

While aiming the weapon at an officer off-camera, you can hear what appears to be the click of Newman pulling the trigger, but the gun never goes off.

Nick Reiner was an unsolvable dilemma for his parents ... so says a substance abuse treatment expert.

Nick Mathews -- the founder and CEO of Southern California-based treatment center Stillwater Behavioral Health -- joined us on "TMZ Live," and we asked him about Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner's son, who is charged with their murders.

For Mathews, Nick presented a treatment provider's worst nightmare ... he was diagnosed with schizophrenia, but had been in and out of rehab for years and struggled with substance abuse.

Just listen to Mathews explain all the challenges Nick would present for the rehab centers and doctors tasked with treating him ... there's no quick, easy fix or even a cut-and-dry solution here.

Jelly Roll’s slate is officially clean ... Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee granted the country star a full pardon Thursday, scrubbing the country star's felon past!

The "Need a Favor" hitmaker has never tried to hide his troubled history ... he was in and out of jail for about a decade beginning at the age of 14 for convictions including aggravated robbery, drug possession, drug dealing and shoplifting. His felony convictions include a robbery when he was a teen -- for which he was tried as an adult -- and drug charges at 23.

Now, those felonies are removed from his record and he will have an easier time booking international tour dates, and carrying out Christian ministry-adjacent work without having to go through extra red tape.