Dixon, IL- Police arrested Fausto Monaci, a 27 year old white male, 
resident of Dixon, IL, in the Sanderson Pumpkin patch at 11:38pm 
Friday. Monaci will be charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, 
public indecency, and public intoxication at the County courthouse 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. Monaci 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, Monaci apparently failed to notice the Dixon 
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 (Monaci) and he's...just working away at this pumpkin!"

Taylor went on to describe what happened when she 
approached Monaci. "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 midnight 
already?"

Taylor arrested him but said that the suspect accepted his 
predicament in good humor.  "I have to give him credit... that 
was a quick comeback" Taylor said of the man's comment.