HURRICANE -- "I knew if he got to where he could touch me he was going to hurt me and I just reacted first," says Angie Davis, the Manager of Gino's in Hurricane.

Her ordeal started at the close of business early Wednesday morning.

"I came this way and when I turned right he was right here at these bushes staring at me. I started cussing him asking him what he wanted, get away from me," says Angie

Fearing for her safety, Angie says she threw a hot pizza and a leather case in the suspect's face. He then sprayed pepper spray in Angie's face.

"I was scared. We was face to face, and I didn't know what else to do," says Angie.

A spokesperson for Gino's corporate offices says they actually discourage their employees from fighting off robbers. Police say it's a good policy.

"Could end a lot worse. If he had a weapon he wasn't showing or a knife or a gun could provoke it even more than what it is," says Lieutenant Steve Lusher of the Hurricane Police Department.

Lieutenant Lusher says these types of robberies increase this time of year, and given the state of the economy he's expecting more incidents. In this case Justin Graham and Brandi Bird have been charged with armed robbery. Police say Graham was the attacker and Bird was driving the getaway car.

"If someone is going to hurt me, I'm not going to go down quietly," says Angie.

When dispatchers issued the call about the robbery, a Putnam County Sheriff's Deputy had already stopped the couple for driving recklessly. Both remain in the Western Regional Jail on a $50,000 dollar bond.

While this woman fought off the alleged robbers, police once again stress that this is not the best way to handle the situation. They advise get a detailed description and be a good witness.