A retirement-age man armed with a gun robbed an East County bank Thursday.

The heist at the Bank of America branch office in the 1400 block of Main Street in Ramona was reported shortly before 11:30 a.m., sheriff’s Lt. Andrea Arreola said.

The bandit fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. He was described as an unshaven, gray-haired white man who appeared to be about 70. He was dressed in jeans and a black-and-gray shirt with vertical stripes on it, the lieutenant said.

— City News Service