This was in the Washington Post... the title of the article was, "Best
Comeback Line Ever." In summary, the police arrested Patrick Lawrence, a
22-year-old white male, resident of Dacula, GA, in a pumpkin patch at 11:38 p.m. on a
Friday night. Lawrence would be charged with lewd and lascivious behavior,
public indecency, and public intoxication at the Gwinnett County courthouse.
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 wasn't," 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 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, that's for sure," said officer Taylor. "I
walked up (to Lawrence) and he's ... 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?"