High Five

[jagilki]

Two Border Patrol agents have been put on paid leave after audience members complained they engaged in a sex act while attending a Cirque du Soleil theater performance in San Diego County.

Kallie Helwig, 24, and Gerald Torello, 35, were in the audience watching the show under a circus tent at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on March 27. They were off-duty at the time and were not in uniform, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

Spectators told sheriff’s deputies they saw the two touching each other inappropriately.

“According to the reporting party, they believed that the two folks, the suspects, were engaging in inappropriate behavior while sitting in stands with families around them,” sheriff’s Lt. Kenn Nelson told msnbc.com.


One witness told NBCSanDiego.com that the pair appeared to be engaging in oral sex. The witness, who asked not to be named, said she told the two to stop but they didn’t. She said two children turned around and also saw the couple in the compromising position. The male agent gave one of the children a high-five as this was happening, the witness said.

The couple eventually stopped when an usher approached, the witness said.

After the performance, as the crowd was exiting, Helwig allegedly punched one of the complaining patrons in the face, Nelson said.

"My vision went black, and that was the last thing I felt," the patron told NBC San Diego.

Sheriff’s deputies arrived. Helwig was cited for misdemeanor battery. Torello was taken to the sheriff's substation in Encinitas, cited for public intoxication and released.

“This is not an everyday call,” Nelson said.

“This call was handled exactly as it would have been with any other citizen. The fact that these folks were with the Border Patrol had no influence on how the call was handled.”

The Customs and Border Patrol released the following statement about the incident:

“All Customs and Border Protection (CBP) employees are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner while on or off duty. CBP stresses honor and integrity in every aspect of our mission, and the overwhelming majority of CBP employees and officers perform their duties with honor and distinction, working tirelessly every day to keep our country safe. CBP takes every allegation of misconduct seriously and fully cooperates in the investigation of such allegations. Presently, the two employees in question have been assigned administrative duties.”

Both agents have been with the Customs and Border Patrol since 2008.

Helwig and Torello could not immediately be reached by telephone for comment on Tuesday.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/12/12185759-border-patrol-agents-accused-of-sex-act-during-cirque-du-soleil-performance?lite

[Arkia Fisk]

I have no words...

[Mike Powers]

High Fiving the kid was a bit much....

[Natural]

The nerve of people.

[Trumpers]

High Fiving the kid was a bit much....

I know...I mean we all do the fist bump these days.

[Arkia Fisk]

I know...I mean we all do the fist bump these days.

+1

[JackHondo]

Man, this story has everything!

Sex!

Drama!

Violence!

Comedy!

Cirque du Soleil!

If we could somehow work in Jonah Hill and a wise-cracking robot sidekick, this could very well be Hollywood's next blockbuster movie!

[Chris Shields]

Man, this story has everything!

Sex!

Drama!

Violence!

Comedy!

Cirque du Soleil!

If we could somehow work in Jonah Hill and a wise-cracking robot sidekick, this could very well be Hollywood's next blockbuster movie!

Already writing it. Jonah Hill is planned for the high fiving border patrol agent. Not sure how I'm gonna get the robot sidekick in there, but I'll figure it out.

[James]

This is some crazy shit. The high-five is comical and the punching the patron in the face is not tolerable in the field they work in (even if you're off duty), but they should at least know that getting a blowjob in a public place is a no-no. If anything, do it in the vicinity of your own homes.

After typing in Kallie Helwig's name on Google... I can't say I don't blame the dude for giving our a high-five. At least that's my opinion, but don't do it in a public place and don't punch the hell out of civilians.

[Kieran King]

Already writing it. Jonah Hill is planned for the high fiving border patrol agent. Not sure how I'm gonna get the robot sidekick in there, but I'll figure it out.

What if we work in a Shyamalan twist, and Jonah Hill was the robot sidekick all along?

[Chris Shields]

What if we work in a Shyamalan twist, and Jonah Hill was the robot sidekick all along?

*smacks Kieran* NO! There will be zero M. Night Shamadouche twists in my movie.

[Alex K]

I'm surprised no one's made the DDP "Self High Five" joke yet.

[jagilki]

because we aren't stuck 15 years  in the past