Balloon Boy

The Colorado house where Richard Heene launched his stupid “Balloon Boy” hoax was just rented out to a brand new family … and TMZ has learned, the home’s infamous past was a HUGE selling point. Sources connected to the property tell us the house received immediate interest when it went on the market last month … with everyone wanting to see the attic where Falcon hid out while the country thought he was trapped in a homemade balloon. As we previously reported, the Heene’s blew town and...Read Full Story

Fox News: The Colorado parents who claimed their son floated away in a helium balloon will plead guilty to some charges in the alleged hoax but avoid jail time, their attorney said Thursday.Read Full Story

ABC Action NewsBalloon boy family moves to Florida from ColoradoThe Associated PressFORT COLLINS, Colo. — The family at the center of the balloon boy hoax has moved out of the house where the fateful trip began, leaving Colorado for Florida. Richard and Mayumi Heene and their three boys have moved to Bradenton, Fla., where Richard ...'Balloon Boy' family moves near BradentonTampabay.comBalloon Boy Family Moves Out Of ColoradoKMGH DenverBalloon Boy family has moved to FloridaThe ColoradoanABC...Read Full Story

How do I know the Balloon Boy saga was a hoax? The mom's "frantic" 911 call tells all.Read Full Story

It's been a wild 24 hours for Falcon Heene and his family. Yesterday morning, Richard Heene reported to authorites that he believed his six-year-old son had climbed into a homemade experimental weather balloon, untethered the rope, and was floating uncontrollably thousands of feet above northern Colorado. An anxious search operation had a nation glued to their televisions, watching the tiny silver balloon bobbing and spiraling at speeds up to 50 mph. However, when the craft was recovered...Read Full Story

Apparently the police were not amused by balloon boy or his high-flying hoax.    Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden said his office will file criminal charges in the case, according to the LA Times.  While the sheriff did not reveal what the exact nature of the charges would be Saturday evening, he did say parents Richard and Mayumi Heene were not under arrest but deputies were seeking a search warrant for their home.  More information is expected to be released in a news conference Sunday...Read Full Story

UFO Balloon Boy Parents to Pay $36,000 in Restitution Last year the balloon boy UFO hoax saga was reported by news media around the world.And now according to latest media reports balloon Boy Parents agree to Pay $36K in Restitution. Larimer County Chief Judge Stephen Schapanski accepted an agreement between prosecutors and Richard and Mayumi Heene, who were not present. Authorities initially had sought up to $48,000. The balloon boy hoax occurred on October 15, 2009, in Fort Collins...Read Full Story

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Richard Heene has been ordered to serve 90 days in jail and four years of probation for plotting the October hoax in which he and his wife claimed their 6-year-old son floated away in a homemade helium balloon. That sentence was handed down in a Larimer County courtroom Wednesday morning in a hearing for both Richard and Mayumi Heene, who received a 20 day jail sentence. “This was…an elaborate hoax that was devised by Mr. and Mrs. Heene…involving their children...Read Full Story

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Richard Heene has been ordered to serve 90 days in jail and four years of probation for plotting the October hoax in which he and his wife claimed their 6-year-old son floated away in a homemade helium balloon. That sentence was handed down in a Larimer County courtroom Wednesday morning during a hearing for both Richard and Mayumi Heene. “This was…an elaborate hoax that was devised by Mr. and Mrs. Heene…involving their children,” Larimer County chief judge Stephen...Read Full Story

Richard Heene plead guilty to orchestrating the Balloon Boy hoax, but he claims he only did so to "save my family and my wife." Heene, father of Falcon "Balloon Boy" Heene, insists that the aircraft launch was not a hoax to land his family a reality TV deal -- and that the family really believed Falcon had boarded the homemade balloon and took off from their Colorado home. See photos of Balloon Boy Falcon "We had searched the house, high and low," Heene said tearfully during a taped...Read Full Story