Crime & Safety
Eagan Woman Pleads Guilty in Pedestrian Death
Alissa Lynn Anderson admitted to police that she was speeding when she struck and killed a Bloomington woman in St. Paul last November.
An Eagan nurse charged with speeding through an intersection in St. Paul last year, striking and killing a pedestrian, has pleaded guilty to one of two misdemeanor charges against her.
Alissa Lynn Anderson, 31, admitted driving between 31 and 40 mph in a 30 mph zone.
Police say Anderson’s SUV was eastbound on Grand Avenue, near the intersection with Hamline Avenue, just after 7 p.m. last Nov. 9. She admitted to police that she was talking to a friend on her cell phone and looked down briefly to put the phone in her lap.
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When she looked up again, she was too late to avoid hitting Emma Michelle Holman of Bloomington, who died from her injuries.
As part of a plea agreement with prosecutors, a misdemeanor charge of inattentive driving against Anderson will be dropped when she is sentenced.
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A presentence investigation was ordered. Anderson will be sentenced Dec. 30.
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