Balloon Boy Hoax Criminal Charges Pending

Runaway-Balloon-Boy-Falcon-HeeneThe storm-chasing inventor met with sheriff’s officials late Saturday amid lingering questions about whether he perpetrated a hoax when his 6-year-old son, Falcon, vanished into the family attic while the world thought the boy was gliding through the sky over Colorado in a flying saucer-like Mylar balloon last Thursday,

Richard Heene will face a Class 3 misdemeanor charge, Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden said in a press conference on Saturday. The sheriff’s department is also said to be obtaining search warrants for the Heene home. Alderden also said that FAA officials and federal officials are looking to any additional charges that may apply.

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