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Should Balloon Boy’s parent serve jail time?
If you believe a warrant, Falcon isn’t the only Heene to let the cat out of the bag.
Balloon Boy’s mom, Mayumi Heene, told investigators that she and her husband lied when they claimed they thought their son was in a flying saucer-like balloon the world watched sail across the sky Oct. 15, according to the Coloradoan.
The former ‘swapped wife’ said she and her husband knew all along that Falcon was hiding in the house. They told their three children to lie, the warrant on the Coloradoan’s web site says.
The flying saucer was made to carry out the hoax.
“The motive for the fabricated story was to make the Heene family more marketable for future media interest,” according to a report.
Charges are expected to be filed against the Heenes this week.
They could face up to 12 years in prison and a $500,000 fine if convicted of attempting to influence a public servant, conspiracy and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
What do you think? Do you think they deserved to serve prison time?
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By Mike
October 26, 2009 1:30 PM | Link to this
The children need to be removed from that home.