The bus driver, 69, told police she had gotten off the bus momentarily on California Avenue near Mango Street to buy a newspaper.

When she returned, she found the man in the driver's seat and told him to get off the bus, police said. He refused, demanded to be taken to the airport and threatened five times to kill her if she didn't go along.

Police removed the man from the bus after spraying him with mace.

He was arrested for suspicion of interfering with the operation of a public transit vehicle, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Robber targets ATMs

Police this morning were checking into a report filed by a man and a youth, ages 23 and 17, who said they were robbed about 11:40 last night by a man who forced his way into their car at knife point on School Street near the Kamehameha Shopping Center in Kalihi.

The two said they were forced to take the intruder to two different automatic teller machines. They said the robber stayed in the car and held a knife to one of them while the other was sent to the ATM to withdraw cash.

The pair told police the robber got out of their car near the Kamehameha Four public housing area in Kalihi and they drove off, then calling police.

They estimated the robber was 25 to 30 years old, about 5 foot 8 inches tall, weighing 200 pounds and was wearing a red T-shirt and beige shorts.

No one was injured and no arrests had been made as of this morning in the case, which was classified as a first-degree robbery and kidnapping.

Liquor store robbed

Police are looking for two men who robbed a Waialua liquor store yesterday morning as the owner was preparing to open for the day.

The owner told police he was accosted at the store about 5:05 a.m., was struck in the face, possibly with a handgun, and forced to the ground.

The two men then went into the store and stole an unspecified amount of cash from the store's safe.