NEWARK — Less than two months after he was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence and with cocaine in his car, former Mets star Dwight Gooden was once again arrested for driving while intoxicated.

On Monday night, Gooden, 54, of Piscataway was charged with driving while intoxicated after police found him driving a black Chrysler the wrong direction down a one-way street, said Anthony Ambrose, the city's public safety director.

At 11:10 p.m. Monday, police patrolling the area near Ferry and Vincent Streets pulled Gooden over after watching him drive the wrong way, the statement said. EMS responded and evaluated Gooden, who was then arrested and taken to University Hospital.

Gooden's arrest was first reported by the New York Post. Gooden told the newspaper that he was entering a rehab program.

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Gooden's arrest on Monday is the second in as many months. Early June 7, Holmdel police officers pulled over Gooden for driving too slow, failure to maintain a lane and having windows that were too tinted, according to a spokesman for the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.

After 22 minutes of watching Gooden, officers pulled him over and allegedly found two zip-locked baggies of suspected cocaine. For the June arrest, Gooden was charged with third-degree possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving under the influence.

Gooden was a legendary pitcher with the Mets and Yankees, helping the Mets win the 1986 World Series. But while his career has been rife with success, his life has been punctuated by drug problems.

In March 2010, Gooden rear-ended a car in Franklin Lakes under the influence of cocaine and sleeping pills. In the back seat was his then-5-year-old son, unharnessed. Gooden was ultimately charged with being under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance; endangering the welfare of a child; driving while under the influence of drugs; DWI with a child passenger and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident.

The next year, a judge showed leniency to Gooden, who was facing three years in prison, by sentencing Gooden to five years of probation.

Reporting contributed by Chris Bumbaca, staff writer at USA TODAY Email: torrejon@northjersey.com