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Fifteen local convenience store clerks were cited for selling alcohol to a minor during the most recent undercover operation conducted on June 30 and July 1 by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Juvenile Alcohol Task Force (JATF), the office has announced. The following businesses were found to be in violation of selling alcohol to a person under 21, a news release says, and each of the clerks was given a misdemeanor Notice to Appear: • Marathon, 6212 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. • Citgo, 4529 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota. • Mobil, 4350 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota. • BP, 2791 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota. • Mobil, 2308 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota. • Mobil, 8445 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. • Murphy USA, 117 S. Tamiami Trail, Osprey. • Shell, 1166 S. Tamiami Trail, Osprey. • Sam American Pantry, 810 Colonia Lane, Nokomis. • Shell, 4300 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice. • Mobil, 2745 Beneva Road, Sarasota. • Marathon, 1135 Beneva Road, Sarasota. • Shell, 5100 Fruitville Road, Sarasota. • Shell, 3440 S. Osprey Ave., Sarasota. • 7-Eleven, 5232 Ocean Blvd., Sarasota. The clerk at the Osprey Shell, Arthur Kleszczynski of Venice, was arrested, as he was cited for selling alcohol to a minor during the last JATF operation, the news release notes. The results of this operation were forwarded to the Florida Bureau of Alcohol Beverages and Tobacco, Department of Business & Professional Regulation, which licenses alcohol sales at each establishment, the release adds. Another 64 businesses in Sarasota, Osprey, Venice, Nokomis and North Port were in com- pliance and will be sent letters to commend owners and employees for helping to reduce the sale of alcohol to minors, the release points out. This is the second JATF operation this year, resulting in a combined 22 store clerks being cited for selling alcohol to minors, the release says. 15 CONVENIENCE STORES CITED FOR SELLING ALCOHOL TO MINORS The Shell convenience store at the intersection of Siesta Drive and South Osprey Avenue in Sarasota was among those where a clerk was cited for selling alcohol to a person under 21. Image from Google Maps SIESTA DR. OSPREY AVE. Sarasota News Leader July 11, 2014 Page 86