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Colorado balloon boy parents plead guilty

Nov. 13, 2009
The Colorado parents accused of pulling a spectacular hoax by reporting their son was aboard a runaway balloon have pleaded guilty to charges that could bring some jail time and probation. Richard Heene pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge of attempting...
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'Balloon boy' parents plead guilty

'Balloon boy' parents plead guilty

FORT COLLINS, Colo., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Richard and Mayumi Heene, the parents of the so-called Balloon Boy, pleaded guilty Friday in a Larimer County, Colo., court, attorneys said.
Balloon boy

Balloon boy

FORT COLLINS, Colo., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Two adults pleaded guilty to charges related to the hoax in which they said their son had floated away in a balloon in Colorado.
Balloon-boy mom: Entire family in on hoax

Balloon-boy mom: Entire family in on hoax

FORT COLLINS, Colo., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The mother of the Colorado "balloon boy" admitted that she, her husband and her three sons were all in on the hoax, court records show.

Sales of balloon-boy costumes take flight

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A Canadian company says its new "balloon-boy" costumes are practically flying off the shelves in the days leading to Halloween.
'Balloon Boy' spawns online game

'Balloon Boy' spawns online game

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Falcon Heene, the Colorado "balloon boy," has gone viral with an online video game that begins in a balloon and ends in his parents' attic, a gamer said.
Balloon boy

Balloon boy

FORT COLLINS, Colo., Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Colorado authorities said they are looking further into the possibility that the tale of a boy on a runaway balloon was a hoax.
Balloon boy: a hoax -- and impossibility

Balloon boy: a hoax -- and impossibility

FORT COLLINS, Colo., Oct. 18 (UPI) -- "Balloon boy" could never even have gotten off the ground in the silver, homemade craft that looked like a flying saucer, Colorado authorities said Sunday.

'Balloon boy' parents to be charged

FORT COLLINS, Colo., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- The parents of the Colorado "balloon boy" will likely face criminal charges over the false alarm that their son had been carried aloft, officials said Saturday.

Parents: 'Balloon boy' episode no hoax

DENVER, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Child protection workers will determine whether the "balloon boy" was used in a publicity stunt by his parents, a Colorado sheriff said Friday.

Balloon boy

FORT COLLINS, Colo., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A 6-year-old boy was found safe hours after family members said they feared the child was in a runaway balloon that swept across eastern Colorado.
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