Richard Heene, who pulled a hoax in 2009 by saying his 6-year-old son was in peril as a stowaway in a balloon over Colorado, is now auctioning the saucer for charity.
Richard Heene, the man who pulled a hoax by saying his 6-year-old son was drifting over Colorado in a balloon, must pay $36,000 in restitution, a judge has ordered.
The man who pulled a hoax by saying his 6-year-old son was drifting over Colorado in a balloon is finishing his 90-day sentence with home detention, authorities said.
Richard Heene, convicted in the "balloon boy" hoax has begun serving his 30-day jail sentence in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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.
Richard Heene tells CNN's Larry King that he truly thought his son Falcon was trapped in a runaway balloon.
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The couple behind the hoax get a total of 110 days behind bars and 8 years' probation
Richard and Mayumi Heene are sentenced for their part in staging a hoax that claimed a 6-year-old was aloft in a balloon.
A contrite Richard Heene, whose plan for fame went awry after he and his wife falsely reported that their son was drifting over eastern Colorado in a balloon, apologized Wednesday to a judge.
Bay News 9's Melissa Eichman interviews Richard Heene's mother, Rae Sprow.
The Colorado couple who said their 6-year-old son was aboard an escaped balloon pleaded guilty Friday to charges related to the well-publicized "balloon boy" case.
"This whole deal is designed to keep the family together," says Richard Heene's lawyer
Authorities in Colorado have filed charges against the parents in last month's notorious "balloon boy" case, and the pair's lawyers say the two are expected to plead guilty on Friday.
The former wife of Richard Heene tells HLN's Nancy Grace that she divorced Heene out of fear for her children.
As a large silver balloon floated its way over Colorado, millions of Americans spent hours glued to their televisions wondering if 6-year-old Falcon Heene, assumed to be inside the contraption, was alive.
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.
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.
A former business associate calls Falcon Heene's dad an unrepentant self-promoter
The defense attorney for the Heene family speaks out on the charges filed against the Heenes.
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.
As authorities confirmed the "balloon boy" saga was a hoax, they checked the vessel created by Richard Heene to see whether it could have actually carried his 6-year-old son Falcon.
Richard Heene offers a cardboard box Saturday to receive questions about his son and about his famous balloon.
Authorities in Colorado say criminal charges are expected to be filed against Richard Heene, a storm-chasing father whose giant Mylar balloon ascended into the sky earlier this week, sparking fears that his 6-year-old was aboard.
Follow the sequence of events from the initial reports of a six-year-old believed to be flying in a weather balloon.
Authorities plan to ask new questions of the family at the center of the balloon drama that captured the world's attention Thursday, as a comment in a CNN interview and other concerns raised speculation that the incident may have been staged.
The young child known as the "balloon boy" appeared sickly on NBC's "Today" show Friday morning. With his eyes adrift, 6-year-old Falcon Heene leaned his tiny head against his father before he vomited -- right in front of the cameras.
The whole world watched Thursday as a lighter-than-air craft set loose by a 6-year-old boy floated above eastern Colorado.
The family of a boy who is believed to have set adrift a balloon in Colorado is known for storm chasing and conducting extreme science experiments together, according to the father's MySpace page.
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Six-year-old Falcon Heene was cowering inside the attic above his family's garage.
The Henne family explains why they thought their son might have gone up in the balloon and what they did after it took off.
A six-year-old boy thought to have been aboard a runaway balloon has been found alive hiding in a box.
After scouring northern Colorado by foot and air, frantically chasing a Mylar balloon for miles and repeatedly interviewing his big brother, authorities ended the search for 6-year-old Falcon Heene where it began -- at his house.
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