Fake UPS Worker Robs Elderly Couple At Gunpoint

Crimes have been escalating around the holiday season.

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One crook took advantage of an elderly couple expecting a package.

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He posed as a UPS worker and hid a gun inside a box he was supposedly delivering.

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Once the grandmother, 60, opened the door, he barged his way inside.

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He forced her and her husband, 63, to tie up their grandchildren – ages 6 and 8.

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The thieves stole iPads, an iPod, personal documents, and $7,500 in cash.

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They also stole their grandchildren’s piggy bank.

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The four were left unharmed although the children were left “physically shaking.”

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Police are asking anyone with any information to call 1-800-577-TIPS.

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