By Randall Rosario
Former NYPD detective says he was robbed by Mexican Cops in Cancun. 42-year-old Daniel Sprague, is a retired member of the elite Emergency Service Unit. While on vacation he says that he was at a timeshare with his wife and three children earlier this month when he confronted a woman taking an excessive amount of pictures of his kids swimming. He called security but nothing was done. Moments later Sprague’s wife spotted the woman in the elevator and took a picture of her. Afterwards Sprague said the woman then punched his wife in front of their children, Sprague separated them, then the stranger accused him of hitting her. Local cops arrested him and took him into custody, but never took him to the the station, instead they drove him around circles, threatening him, telling him how much trouble he was in and what would it take to make it go away. Sprague says “I was a cop in the worst neighborhoods, and I always came home, I’m on vacation, and I’m wondering if I’m ever going to see my kids again.” The Mexican officers knew he was a retired NYPD officer, but they could’ve cared less. Sprague said he gave the cops $500 and was taken back to his hotel, but only for another set-up by the cops who insisted the woman wanted to press charges. He had to give them another $1000. Sprague says “When I was on the job, I never took anything from anybody. Here, everybody was taking my money.”
