THE SIDELINES : Redskins’ Sanders Enters Plea

Washington Redskins receiver Ricky Sanders pleaded innocent today to charges stemming from a May 1 fight with a parking lot worker outside a topless nightclub.

State District Judge Donald Shipley set an Oct. 22 trial date for Sanders, who was indicted Wednesday on charges of aggravated assault and failing to stop and render aid.

Azzam (Sam) Jamus, 29, who works for United Parking at The Men’s Club bar claimed Sanders drove a Cadillac into him after the two argued about Sanders’ missing hubcaps.

If convicted, Sanders faces 2 to 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $10,000 for the aggravated assault charge and up to five years in jail and a $5,000 fine on the failing to stop and render aid charge, said prosecutor Marc Brown.