Police arrested Patrick Lawrence, a 22-year-old white male, resident of
Dacula, GA, in a pumpkin patch at 11:38 p.m. on Friday. Lawrence will be
charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, public indecency, and public
intoxication at the Gwinnett County courthouse on Monday.

The suspect explained that as he was passing a pumpkin patch he decided to
stop. You know, a pumpkin is soft and squishy inside, and there was no one
around here for miles. At least I thought there wasnt, he stated in a
phone interview. Lawrence went on to say that he pulled over to the side of
the road, picked out a pumpkin that he felt was appropriate to his
purposes, cut a hole in it, and proceeded to satisfy his alleged need.

I guess I was just really into it, you know? he commented with evident
embarrassment. In the process, Lawrence apparently failed to notice a
Gwinnett County police car approaching and was unaware of his audience
until officer Brenda Taylor approached him.

It was an unusual situation, thats for sure, said officer Taylor. I
walked up to (Lawrence) and hes…just working away at this pumpkin.
Taylor went on to describe what happened when she approached Lawrence. I
just went up and said, Excuse me sir, but do you realize that you are
screwing a pumpkin?

He froze and was clearly very surprised that I was there, and then looked
me straight in the face and said…………….

A pumpkin? Damn…is it midnight already?