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National Briefing | Rockies: Colorado: Parents in Balloon Case Plead Guilty

Nov. 13, 2009
Richard Heene pleaded guilty to a felony count of knowingly and falsely influencing a county sheriff while his wife, Mayumi, pled to a misdemeanor charge.
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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.
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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.
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FORT COLLINS, Colo., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The parents of the "balloon boy" will plead guilty to creating a hoax that their son flew off in a helium balloon from their Colorado home, an attorney said.
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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.

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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.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler