Bluffton gunman hit with hot chocolate, steals phone, $5,000

A Bluffton woman was robbed at gunpoint in her driveway Friday of more than $5,000 by a man she attempted to fight off with a donut shop paper cup.

The woman called authorities just after the incident at her Shady Pine Lane home, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff's Office report.

As she pulled into her driveway, the woman, who had just withdrawn the money from a nearby bank, said she was approached by a black male around 6-feet tall wearing a red shirt, bandana, and "medical gloves," the report said.

The man pointed a gun at her, the report said. The woman then hit him with a paper cup of hot chocolate from Dunkin Donuts in an attempt drive him away , the report said.

Despite her efforts, the suspect got away with the money and the woman's cell phone.

The suspect remains at large, the report said.

This story was originally published September 16, 2015 at 11:50 AM with the headline "Bluffton gunman hit with hot chocolate, steals phone, $5,000."