Pin Itemailprint It’s time to pay the piper. Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene turned himself in on Monday at the Larimer County Detention Center in Colorado to begin serving his 90-day prison term. Heene pleaded guilty in November to a felony charge of attempting to influence a public servant. Follow the whole story here: Balloon [...]
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Time to pay the piper, Richard Heene! The Colorado dad who reported that his son, Falcon Heene, had floated away in a runaway balloon was sentenced to serve 90 days in jail on Wednesday for staging the elaborate hoax. Most of that time will be on a work-release basis, however. Mayumi Heene, the boy’s mother, [...]
The parents of Falcon Heene, the ‘Balloon Boy’ who was thought to have floated away in a homemade balloon, will plead guilty tomorrow to charges related to one of the most elaborate hoaxes in modern times. The Heenes called police in October and told them that Falcon, 6, had been taken into the sky by [...]
The Heene family lawyer, David Lane, is now making the rounds in the media trying to drum up support for the family. Richard Heene and the rest of the family are certainly going to face serious legal ramifications for their dramatic balloon boy stunt. Several felony charges are anticipated, including possibly child abuse. Lane is [...]
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Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden told reporters at a press conference that the balloon boy saga was in fact a hoax designed to generate publicity for a reality TV show. “It has been determined that this is a hoax, that it was a publicity stunt and we believe we have evidence at this point to [...]
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Larimer County Sheriff Department police officers went to Heene family’s home late Saturday night with search warrant in-hand. It is being reported that at least three police officers arrived at the home to execute the warrant. It is not yet clear exactly what they were hoping to find. Sheriff Jim Alderden had already stated earlier [...]
See? Didn’t we tell you this wasn’t over? The sheriff in the balloon boy saga now says that charges will likely be filed. Sheriff Jim Alderden indicates that serious progress has been made in the case and that we’re likely to see Class 3 misdemeanor charges filed. Alderden is also talking things over with the [...]
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Balloon Boy’s father, Richard Heene, called a press conference this morning and there were rumors of a big announcement. The announcement was that there is no announcement. Richard Heene gave a big cardboard box to reporters and asked them to put their questions in it, saying that he would answer them later. Seriously. This Balloon [...]
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The Heene family has released video footage of the helium balloon’s lift-off. For the record, Richard Heene does look pretty ticked off that the balloon wasn’t tethered. Follow the whole ordeal here.
The Balloon Boy may be safe and sound, but this saga is far from over (follow along here). The audio from the 911 call placed by hysterical Mayumi Heene yesterday has been released. In the call, she tries to explain to the 911 operator that her 6-year-old son, Falcon Heene, was aboard a runaway flying [...]
The Balloon Boy saga continues, as the Heene family appeared on the TODAY show on NBC Friday morning to discuss little Falcon Heene‘s harrowing ordeal from Thursday afternoon. Amid rumors (and seemingly evidence) that the event was an elaborate hoax, the boy’s father, Richard Heene attempts to set the record straight. It seems, however, that [...]
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UPDATE: This has been confirmed as a hoax. Follow along here for the latest updates. The nation was glued to the TV set on Thursday, as a 6-year-old boy named Falcon Heene supposedly flew through the Colorado skies in a home-made helium balloon…but was it all a hoax? It turns out that little Falcon was [...]
