Yankees GM Brian Cashman faces swarm of cops with 'guns drawn' after mistaken for car thief

“I explained what was going on.”“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 the dramatic ordeal took roughly 15 minutes before he was back in his car being escorted by Darien police to the Norwalk Police Department.“They went through their process,” Cashman said, adding that he was escorted to the police department because “it was possible I would be tripped up again” since his car was still reported stolen.Surprisingly Cashman said “I knew exactly what I was in for” when the Darien cops closed in on him because shortly before that he got a call from Westchester County police about his stolen car.“They called my cell while I was driving and I tripped up something on my drive up,” he said.“They asked me if I was driving my vehicle because they got a hit on my stolen car driving up the Hudson.”According to Cashman, he reported his Jeep stolen last Sunday morning with the Norwalk Police Department and on Tuesday the NYPD called him saying his car was found abandoned in the Bronx.The vehicle was towed to a local auto shop where he could pick it up.“I retrieved it on Wednesday and I called Norwalk [police],” he said.“They wanted to process it for evidence…I told them I can get them the car Friday.”Cashman said he’s “curious” how the car he had returned to him and even paid the towing fee for when it was still listed as stolen.“My vehicle should have been removed [from the stolen database] before being returned to me,” he said.“Someone did not remove it from the stolen list…it’s a mistake, but at least nothing harmful came from that.”A law enforcement source told The Post that the NYPD should have contacted cops in Darien and alerted them that the car was found in order for the alarm to be removed.“The alarm should’ve been removed before he received the car,” the source added.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPDarien police did not return a request for comment on Friday.Cashman said that there was a positive to his wild experience.“The public should take encouragement when someone is in a stolen vehicle they’re not going to get very far,” he said.“I have high respect for all law enforcement.