A robber made off with the cash, but left the dough.

An armed robbery was reported at 11:43 a.m. Saturday at the Old Home Bread store, 125 Kitty Hawk Dr. There were no injuries.

“A lot of these places are targets of opportunity,” said Ames Police Sgt. Randy Kessel.

“If it’s an out of way location, [the robber will] take advantage of the situation.”

According to an Ames Police press release, a store employee told police a white male entered the store, displayed a silver-colored handgun and demanded money.

The robber left the store with an undetermined amount of cash, but took no baked goods, Kessel said.

The incident could be connected to other recent robberies in the Des Moines area, Kessel said.

Pam Litchfield, Ames Police dispatcher, said that all investigations are ongoing.

“We’ve seen that Des Moines has had quite a rash of armed robberies down there, so we have our investigator seeing if there are any similarities,” Kessel said.

The robber is described as blond, 5’10” to 6 feet tall with a slender build and in his early twenties, according to the release. He was described as wearing a light-colored stocking cap, blue jeans and a black windbreaker-type jacket with white stripes down the sleeves.

Kessel said the store had no surveillance cameras to capture images of the suspect.

Charges would include first-degree robbery, a Class B felony, which carries a minimum sentence of 5 years and maximum of 25 years, Kessel said.

“Any time you use a defensive weapon like that, the penalty goes up, whether it’s real or not,” Kessel said.

Kessel said anyone with information regarding the robbery is asked to call the Ames Police Department at 239-5133.