Police arrested Malcolm Davidson, a 27 year old white male, resident
of Wilmington, NC, in a pumpkin patch at 11:38 pm Friday.

Davidson will be charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, public
indecency, and public intoxication at the 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 County Courthouse jail.

Davidson went on to state that he pulled over to the side of the
road, picked out a pumpkin that he thought was appropriate for 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, Davidson apparently
failed to notice the Wilmington Municipal 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 [Davidson] and he's . . just working away at
this pumpkin." Taylor went on to describe what happened when she
approached Davidson.

"I just went up and said, 'Excuse me sir, but do you realize that
you're doing it with a pumpkin?' He got real surprised as you
would expect and then looked me straight in the face and said:

A pumpkin? Damn.... is it midnight already?'"