AKRON, Ohio -- When an elderly couple’s car got stuck in the snow Monday, two young people who appeared to be good Samaritans stopped to help.

They robbed the elderly couple instead.

The couple was backing out of the driveway of their home on Brighton Drive shortly after 9 a.m. Monday when their car got stuck in a pile of snow at the end of their driveway, according to police.

A 20-year-old man and 16-year-old boy stopped to help the couple, police said. While they were helping get the car out of the snow, one pulled out a handgun and demanded the victims' belongings.

The elderly couple handed over their wallet, cell phone and purse, according to police. The suspects ran northbound on Brighton Drive and the victims called police.

Officers tracked the suspects' footprints to an area of Brighton Drive where they arrested Treyvon Wright, 20, and a 16-year-old boy, both from Akron. Each face two counts of aggravated robbery, police said.

Wright was booked into the Summit County Jail and the boy was brought to the Summit County Juvenile Detention Center, police said.

Officers recovered a handgun and the victim’s purse and wallet. The cell phone was not found.

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