Sanders Arrested For Trespassing

Thu., June 20, 1996

Compiled From Wire Services

Deion Sanders was arrested on a trespassing charge after being warned to leave a restricted lake on airport property in this southwest Florida city.

Sanders was fishing on the lake with a friend when he was arrested by two officers from the Lee County Port Authority Police Department, said police spokeswoman Susan Sanders.

A native of Fort Myers, Sanders said he is only home two or three days a year and the temptation of the lake’s large bass was just too great.

“The only defense I have is that I’m sorry, but they were biting,” Sanders, 28, told the News-Press of Fort Myers. “I wasn’t out there 10 minutes and they caught me. But I had 10 fish by that time.”

The lake is on property of the Southwest Florida International Airport and has no trespassing and no fishing signs posted, Susan Sanders said.

Deion Sanders, who owns a home just north of the airport, had already been verbally warned to stay out of the area on May 7 and received a written warning on May 9.

He was arrested on the first-degree misdemeanor charge, which carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. He was released on his own recognizance.

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