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More pumpkin runners take plea deal

5 streakers plead to disorderly conduct

Monday, December 22, 2008

Five more of the streakers ticketed with indecent exposure after running down the Pearl Street Mall on Halloween wearing nothing but pumpkins on their heads accepted plea bargains with the court Monday.

That means half of the 12 naked pumpkin runners have now agreed to plead guilty to disorderly conduct, a petty offense, and accept a six-month deferred sentence. The original charge, indecent exposure, carries mandatory registration as a sex offender.

Last week, Assistant District Attorney David Cheval, who is prosecuting the cases, said all the naked runners will likely be offered the same deal, but it's up to each individual to accept it.

Two of the defendants may have their ability to plead complicated by other recent offenses. Robert Mohr, 28, is already serving a deferred sentence for second-degree criminal tampering, and Kevin Maddaford, 29, is also facing separate charges of driving while ability-impaired.

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