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Sarasota News Leader June 7, 2013 Page 58 441 MOTORISTS CITED FOR NOT WEARING SEAT BELTS During the Click It or Ticket campaign, which ran from May 20 to June 2, Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies wrote 441 citations to motorists who were not wearing seat belts, the office has announced. "Consequently, they are also among those most likely to die in motor vehicle crashes and we want to prevent that." In Florida, all motorists are required to buckle up when they are riding in the front seat, and "The effort was part of a nationwide push to passengers under the age of 18 must use propsave lives by intensifying efforts to educate er seat restraints regardless of where they are the public about seat belt laws and enforce seated in a vehicle. them with all motorists around the clock," a Because of high-visibility enforcement and press release says. awareness campaigns such as this, the Na"Nighttime drivers and passengers continue tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration to be among those least likely to wear seat (NHTSA) reports that seat belt use reached 86 belts," said Sheriff Tom Knight in the release. percent in 2012, the news release notes. MAN CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED ROBBERY A man with no known address has been arrested by the Sarasota Police Department after allegedly attempting to rob three different people, the department has reported. Reggie Randall, 38, was arrested after the victims positively identified him in a police lineup, a report says. On Thursday, May 30, at approximately 9:11 p.m., Police Department patrol officers responded to the Shell Gas Station at 1801 South Tamiami Trail in Sarasota, where they spoke with the three people — two men and a woman — who said Randall had approached them, the report continues. The victims told the officers that Randall started yelling and threatening them, the report adds. The victims also said Randall grabbed a gas pump hose, aimed it at them and threatened to spray gas on them, the report notes. Reggie Randall/Contributed photo