A man who pleaded guilty to perpetrating a hoax by saying his 6-year-old son was drifting over Colorado in a balloon began his jail sentence Monday.
A man who pleaded guilty to perpetrating a hoax by falsely reporting that his son was drifting over eastern Colorado in a balloon maintains the incident was not part of a plan for fame in an interview with CNN's "Larry King Live."
The wife of a Colorado father at the center of the "balloon boy" saga told authorities that the giant helium balloon was specifically created for a hoax to draw media attention, according to court documents released Friday.
Attorney for Richard and Mayumi Heene David Lane discusses the possible criminal charges against the family for the balloon hoax.
The lawyer of a Colorado father accused of carrying out a bizarre hoax involving his son and a huge balloon said Monday that official charges in the case could be filed next week.
The wife of a Colorado father at the center of the "balloon boy" saga told authorities that the giant helium balloon was specifically created for a hoax to draw media attention, according to court documents released Friday.
Richard and Mayumi Heene want to avoid being arrested in front of their kids over the alleged hoax
Three days after the world watched a giant balloon fly through the air as a tearful family expressed fears that their 6-year-old boy could be inside, authorities announced what millions suspected: The whole thing was staged.
The defense attorney for the Heene family speaks out on the charges filed against the Heenes.
Sheriff Alderden now says either one or both Richard and Mayumi Heene may face misdemeanor charges
But investigators still plan to re-interview the family, who likely won't pay for the rescue effort
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