Yankees general manager Brian Cashman was swarmed by “as many five patrol cars" and "between six and nine police officers” with “guns drawn” in Connecticut on Friday night after being mistaken for an "armed car thief,” according to a report from the New York Post.

Here’s how things unfolded, according to the Post: Cashman reported his white Jeep Wrangler as stolen with the Norwalk Police Department last Sunday morning. The NYPD found it abandoned in the Bronx on Tuesday and towed it to a local auto shop, where Cashman retrieved it Wednesday.

Cashman was driving the vehicle from Yankee Stadium to the Norwalk Police Department on Friday afternoon to have it processed for evidence. When he stopped for gas in Darien, Connecticut, he was met with a swarm of police officers in a big misunderstanding.

Cashman told the Post that the police were already responding to someone in a white Jeep “that was brandishing a gun in a local doctor’s office.”

Combine that with the fact Cashman’s car came up as stolen when the police ran his license plate because it was never taken off the stolen car list by the NYPD, and the Yankees GM was caught in the middle of a swarm.

When he pulled out of the gas station, he was met with the group of police officers, who emerged from their cars with their “guns drawn,” according to Cashman. He was told not to “make any rash moves” as he exited his vehicle.

“And that’s when apparently the circumstances radically changed,” Cashman told The Post. “I had a welcoming committee descend upon me as I pulled out of that gas station … They executed a very tactful interception. 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.”

After a 15 minute process, Cashman was escorted to the Norwalk Police Department by Darien police in order to avoid a similar situation unfolding down the road. He was assured his vehicle was off the stolen car list.

Cashman claimed to have an inkling of what was going on when he was pulled over because the Westchester County police called him earlier on his drive. They told him he “tripped up something” as the department got a hit on a stolen car driving up the Hudson, according to the Post.

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While it’s a situation no one wants to find themselves in on a Friday night, Cashman took away something positive from the ordeal.

“The public should take encouragement when someone is in a stolen vehicle they’re not going to get very far,” he told the Post. “I have high respect for all law enforcement. They do an amazing job whether you’re in Connecticut and New York City — and sometimes unique circumstances can occur.”

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