Do you think the Balloon Boy event was a hoax? If so, what is the appropriate punishment?
"We anticipate criminal charges will be filed sometime in the near future," Sheriff Jim Alderden told CNN late Saturday. If it were determined that the incident was a hoax, the only charge local authorities could press would be making a false report to authorities -- a Class 3 misdemeanor, Alderden told reporters Saturday.
However, a misdemeanor "hardly seems serious enough given the circumstances," the sheriff said. He added that investigators and prosecutors may push the case beyond the local level to see "if perhaps there aren't additional federal charges that would be more appropriate."
Questions over the incident intensified after the family appeared on CNN's "Larry King Live" Thursday night. Repeating a question from CNN's Wolf Blitzer, who was filling in for King, Heene asked his son why he had not come out from hiding when they were calling for him. "You guys said we did this for the show," Falcon replied.
My question to you: Do you think Balloon Boy event was a hoax? If so, what is the appropriate punishment?
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Permalink Reply by FubarGuy on -
I think my link from the other thread is all the evidence I need - nail him to the wall. At the very least he should be held financially responsible for all of the emergency response & manpower wasted. I don't think there's any call for child protective services to be involved, unless it comes to light that he's actually being abusive to the kids to get them to go along in these hoaxes.
More than anything, I would just rather they don't get any more media attention.
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Permalink Reply by Eugene on -
ya, I read that article too. It's interesting that someone has come out and called him out. Seeing how there was a reward for just that, I'm still hesitant to jump to any conclusions. The more I read about it though, the more I'm sold.
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