NYPD and school officials are warning about risks associated with wearing luxury winter coats — singling out the Moose Knuckles brand, which costs as much as $1,600 and has been at the center of several winter robberies, including knifepoint and machete stickups.
NYPD Officer John Williams warned of the coat thefts at a recent community meeting in the 110th Precinct in Corona, Queens. He cited three robberies of Moose Knuckles jackets: one where the assailant brandished a knife and two others where machetes were used.
In another incident, in the 115th Precinct in early February, a group of five teenagers approached a 15-year-old boy at a subway station in Jackson Heights, Queens, according to the NYPD Tips account on Instagram…