Search for baggage results in arrest

Suspect crawled along luggage carousel to get bags

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A Hicksville, New York, man was arrested Thursday night at Miami International Airport after allegedly crawling along a moving carousel into a secure baggage holding area in search of his luggage.

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Peter Roestenberg, 48, entered a secure baggage area off limits to passengers, police said.

"He apparently grew impatient waiting for his luggage and went to look for it, disobeying a no-trespassing sign," said Det. Ed Munn, spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department.

Munn said Roestenberg had arrived on American Airlines Flight 1411 from John F. Kennedy International Airport and was awaiting his luggage when he apparently decided to speed the process.

Security called the police, who arrested the man for trespassing.

Roestenberg was released after signing an affidavit promising to appear in county court on the misdemeanor charge.

CNN was not able to contact Roestenberg, whose telephone is not listed.