Apparently one Akron thief missed the memo about Santa's elves wearing brown this holiday season.

Akron police say a delivery driver in a marked UPS vehicle was robbed at gunpoint while delivering packages after hours on Packard Drive. The driver was able to make it to the truck safely and fled the area, leaving the gun-toting thief behind. The suspect fled on foot.

The gun-toting Grinch was wearing a dark hoodie and something covering his face.

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s. (Akron PD) Shortly before 7:00pm last night, a delivery driver in a marked U.P.S. truck was delivering a package in the 1200 block of Packard Drive.

As the U.P.S. driver was walking back to his parked truck, a male approached the driver. The U.P.S. driver stated the male pulled a handgun from his waistband. The U.P.S. driver then jumped into his truck and gassed the engine and fled the area. The suspect fled in an unknown direction.

The suspect is a black male, 20 – 25 years old, 5'04" – 5'07", 150 – 160 lbs., and was wearing a dark colored hooded sweatshirt and something covering his face.