Woman punches SC gas station clerk ‘for talking to her boyfriend’

A cashier at Hilton Head Island gas station fought back after being attacked on the job early Monday morning by an apparently jealous girlfriend.

An unidentified white male asked the clerk to break a $100 bill when the man’s girlfriend came charging “into the store screaming about (the cashier) talking to her boyfriend,” according to a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office report.

The unidentified white female then “came around the counter and struck (the employee) in the face with a closed fist,” the report said.

The clerk fought back, throwing the jealous attacker “down to the floor, (and) landing on top of her where she struck the female numerous times in the face and head,” according to the report.

Another gas station employee separated them and the attacker and her boyfriend fled the store, the report said.

The cashier was not injured, but told police she would press charges if the two were identified and located.

This story was originally published July 12, 2016 at 12:09 AM with the headline "Woman punches SC gas station clerk ‘for talking to her boyfriend’."