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
>11:38p.m. on Friday.
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>Lawrence will be charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, public
>indecency, and public intoxication at the Gwinnett County courthouse
on
>Monday.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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 his pumpkin."
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>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?'
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>"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?'"