Attorneys for the parents who pleaded guilty in the balloon boy hoax said the couple should pay only a small portion of the $48,000 in restitution sought by authorities. Lawyers for Richard and Mayumi Heene filed a joint motion challenging the amount sought by the ...

A newly released video shows the mother of the 6-year-old boy purported to be in a runaway balloon finally acknowledging to authorities it was all a hoax — contrary to her husband's repeated public denials just before reporting to jail. The video interviews obtained by ...

There was no last second proclamation of innocence or even a statement to the handful of reporters waiting in the freezing cold for the man who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the balloon boy hoax. Richard Heene arrived at the Larimer County Detention ...