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Nov 2, 2009 2:08 pm US/Central

Man Pleaded Guilty To Trying To Kidnap Bus Driver

ST. PAUL (WCCO) ― The man accused of hijacking a Metro Transit bus and attempting to kidnap its driver in November of 2006 has pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping.

Paul Merrill Anderson boarded a bus that didn't have any other passengers on it, hit the driver and demanded she drive him several blocks, according to police.

St. Paul Police said Anderson tied a bandana around the female bus driver's neck. She alerted authorities and after about 10 minutes, police squads stopped the bus near the intersection of 3rd Street and White Bear Avenue.

Police were eventually able to stop the bus and arrest Anderson. His sentencing is set for Dec. 10.

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