Richard Heene

Balloon Boy Saucer Being Auctioned Off for Charity

The parents behind the Balloon Boy hoax are selling the infamous aircraft for charity.  Richard and Mayumi Heene have set up the website http://www.balloonboyflyingsaucer.com/ where the balloon is being auctioned — with proceeds going to earthquake and tsunami recovery efforts in Japan. Balloon, boy rivet nation The couple explain in a YouTube video how the saucer works and why it originally was built it. Richard Heene also says that if the winning bidder pays $10,000 or more, they'll also receive the balloon's original plans; the winning bidder paying $50,000 or more will get photographs of the Heene family building the balloon; and the bidder who pays $100,000 or more will get a DVD of the Heenes building the craft in their living room.

Richard Heene Reports to Jail

Richard Heene, the father of Balloon Boy, began serving his jail sentence on Monday.Heene reported to Colorado's Larimer County Detention Center around 8:30 a.m. local time, spokeswoman Eloise Campanella, told TVGuide.com.Balloon Boy father sentenced to 90 daysHeene pleaded guilty in November to a felony count of attempting to influence a public servant by engineering the balloon debacle that transfixed the nation last fall. A judge sentenced him to 90 days in December. He will ...

Richard Heene: I Only Pleaded Guilty to Protect My Family

The father behind the balloon-boy incident — Richard Heene — says he only pleaded guilty to save "my family and my wife." Balloon Boy father sentenced to 90 days for hoax Heene, who recently was sentenced to 90 days in jail, told Larry King that the incident was not a hoax and that he pleaded guilty to charges of influencing a public servant to prevent ...

Balloon Boy Father Sentenced to 90 Days for Hoax

Richard Heene, the father behind the balloon boy hoax that initially transfixed TV viewers, has been sentenced to 90 days. "I'm very, very sorry, and I want to apologize to all...

Richard and Mayumi Heene Plead Guilty