Yankees general manager Brian Cashman’s car was stolen last weekend, and after it was successful found and returned, he was mistaken as the car thief and stopped by police at gunpoint in Connecticut.
Cashman relayed the wild story in an interview with the New York Post. Police found Cashman’s car in the Bronx during the week, and he picked it up after it was towed away. Cashman was asked to bring the car to the Norwalk Police Department to have it processed, but the vehicle had mistakenly been left on a list of stolen vehicles.
After his car was noticed on the road during his drive, a group of armed officers stopped Cashman as he left a gas station, under the assumption that he was the thief.
Via the New York Post:
“I had a welcoming committee descend upon me as I pulled out of that gas station.
…. They’re clearly very professional and trained and they asked me to turn my car off, exit the vehicle, walk backwards towards them…they were executing their duty.”
Cashman said he was told to “not make any rash movements” as he exited his Jeep.
“They searched my car, asked for my ID,” he said. “I explained what was going on.”
You can read the entire story here.
