UPDATE: Deputies on the Lookout for Knifepoint Robber

A man robbed the El Camino Real  at knifepoint at 9:34 this morning, witnesses told police today.

Witnesses describe the man as about 5 foot 10, 250 pounds, 25 to 35 years of age, Hispanic and wearing a dark hoodie.

He made off with an undisclosed amount of cash, said Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino.

Police cars and a helicopter were surrounding the bank at 601 N. El Camino Real this morning as crime scene techs sifted through the bank and deputies interviewed witnesses.

"Deputies just missed him by about a minute," Amormino said.

This is the third bank robbery in the last few months on Camino Real in San Clemente. Police tracked down the suspect in an apartment building laundry room in the neighborhood behind the bank.

The second in the same building as the Camino Real Starbucks. There was no immediate report of an arrest in that case, but Amormino said today a suspect was later apprehended in connection with a string of bank robberies in San Diego.

"So there's definitely no connection with this robbery," he said.