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To: david m. uhler who wrote (1208)	10/21/1999 12:30:00 PM
From: david m. uhler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1568

An early ode to Halloween > > This was in the Washington Post...the title of the > article was "Best > Comeback Line Ever." > Police arrested Patrick Lawrence, a 22-year-old > white male, resident of > Dacula, GA, in a pumpkin patch at 11:38 p.m. > Friday. Lawrence will be charged with lewd and > lascivious behavior, public > indecency, and public intoxication at the Gwinnett > County courthouse on Monday. The suspect allegedly > stated 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 from the Lawrenceville jail. > > Lawrence went on to state 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 > the 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 got real surprised, as you'd expect, and then > looked me straight in the > face and said, "A pumpkin? Damn..is it past midnight > already?" cpt dave