Police search for suspects in $42,000 NYC coat heist
NEW YORK (AP) — Police in New York City are searching for six men they say broke into into an upscale boutique and stole 52 coats valued at $42,000.
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The NYPD said on Saturday that the heist occurred at about 11 p.m. Thursday at the Mackage clothing store on Mercer Street in Tribeca.
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Police said one of the suspects used a large object to break the glass front door of the shop before the six men went in and grabbed the coats. They then fled in a gray BMW and a black Lincoln Town Car.
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Police released security camera photos of the parked vehicles and of the suspects walking down the street before the robbery.