Police arrested Patrick Lawrence, 22-year-old white male, in a pumpkin
patch, at 11:38 p.m.  on Friday night.

On Monday, at the Gwinnett County (GA) courthouse, Lawrence was
charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, public indecency, and
public intoxication.  The suspect explained that as he was passing a
pumpkin patch on his way home from a heavy drinking session when he
decided to stop.  'You know how a pumpkin is soft and squishy inside,
and there was no one around for miles or at least I thought there
wasn't anyone around,' he stated in a telephone 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 purpose, cut
a hole in it, and proceeded to satisfy his alleged need.  'Guess I was
really into it, you know?' he commented with evident embarrassment. In
the process of doing the deed, Lawrence failed to notice an
approaching police car 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 banging away at this pumpkin.'
Officer Taylor went on to describe what happened when she approached
Lawrence.  I said, 'Excuse me sir, but do you realize that you're
having sex with a pumpkin?  ' 'He froze and was clearly very surprised
that I was there, and then he looked me straight in the face and
said..."A pumpkin?  sh.t, is it midnight already?"'