"Balloon Boy" parents get jail time, cannot profit from hoax - Polidicks

The father gets 90 days in jail and the mother gets 20 days in jail. Their probation includes a provision that prohibits them from making ANY profits or deals off of the hoax for 4 years. :signings: [QUOTE] Colorado judge sentenced 'Balloon Boy' father Richard Heene to 90 days in jail and four years probation Wednesday. Larimer County District Judge Stephen Schapanski prohibited Richard Heene from receiving any form of financial benefit, whether through the media, a book, or articles he might write steming from the balloon hoax. The judge also required him to turn over quarterly bank statements to make sure he's not making money off this incident. Richard Heene will serve the first 30 days of his sentence in jail and then the last 60 days he will spend weekends and nights in jail so that he will be able to work during the day. The judge ordered him to begin his 30-day jail term on January 11, delaying the start of the sentence for two weeks so he can spend the holidays with his family. The judge sentenced 'Balloon Boy' mother Mayumi Heene to 20 days in jail and four years probation. She must start her jail time no later than May 11, and has to wait until Richard Heene has completed his jail time. The Heenes pleaded guilty to charges that they carried out the balloon hoax, with deals that called for up to 90 days in jail for the husband and 60 days for his wife. Prosecutors asked for the maximum sentence for the husband, saying that a message needs to be sent to promoters who attempt to carry out hoaxes to generate publicity. Chief Deputy District Attorney Andrew Lewis also asked for full restitution to reimburse authorities for the cost of investigating the hoax — an amount that could exceed $50,000. "People around the world were watching this unfold," he said. "Mr. Heene wasted a lot of manpower and a lot of money in wanting to get himself some publicity." He added, "Jay Leno said it best when he said, 'This is copycat game.' And people will copycat this event. (The Heenes) need to go to jail so people don't do that."[/QUOTE] [URL=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580948,00.html]:foxnews: Sauce[/URL] The jail time was expected, but I fucking :lol:ed at the probation conditions. :v:

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[quote]Richard Heene will serve the first 30 days of his sentence in jail and then the [b]last 60 days he will spend weekends and nights in jail so that he will be able to work during the day[/b][/quote] What the fuck, this isn't jail. It's a shitty hotel.

Fail.

Serves them right, I wouldn't have been adverse to a more severe sentence though.

Serves them right. Kind of annoying though how this one hoax has gotten so much news coverage.

Who is going to raise the kid?

Why has this rubbish been an ongoing international news story?

I bet the kid's all :smith: right now :smug:

What was the original article?

[QUOTE=Tanner;19159241]Why has this rubbish been an ongoing international news story?[/QUOTE] That's what I want to know.

Why are people so stupid?

[QUOTE=Space Spam Squid;19159200]Who is going to raise the kid?[/QUOTE] The balloon.

[QUOTE=Faren;19160266]The balloon.[/QUOTE] Is it literally going to raise him?

[QUOTE=ChilColdCoolaid;19160933]Is it literally going to raise him?[/QUOTE] That's the joke.

Why did the mother get a lighter sentence

[QUOTE=demoguy08;19162087]Why did the mother get a lighter sentence[/QUOTE] Because she's a woman. [QUOTE=Space Spam Squid;19159200]Who is going to raise the kid?[/QUOTE] One parent at a time, If you read the article, The mother is to start her jail time after the father.

[QUOTE=article thingy]Prosecutors asked for the maximum sentence for the husband, saying that a message needs to be sent to promoters who attempt to carry out hoaxes to generate publicity. Chief Deputy District Attorney Andrew Lewis also asked for full restitution to reimburse authorities for the cost of investigating the hoax — an amount that could exceed $50,000. "People around the world were watching this unfold," he said. "Mr. Heene wasted a lot of manpower and a lot of money in wanting to get himself some publicity."[/QUOTE] I love the stupidity of people. Did anybody force the news to cover the story? No. What was there to investigate in the first place? There's no way looking for a missing boy would cost $50,000. You just covered the story because people wanted to hear about it, nobody actually forced you to.

[QUOTE=Pteradactyl;19162209]I love the stupidity of people. Did anybody force the news to cover the story? No. What was there to investigate in the first place? There's no way looking for a missing boy would cost $50,000. You just covered the story because people wanted to hear about it, nobody actually forced you to.[/QUOTE] Considering paramedics and police chased the balloon across the city/state/whatever, and the news helicopter that followed it in the sky petrol (gas) costs and possible police helicopters, man power and resources were massively wasted on a stupid fucking lie when something [b]important[/b] could have needed their attention and man power.

[QUOTE=Space Spam Squid;19159200]Who is going to raise the kid?[/QUOTE] People who aren't dumbasses.

[QUOTE=Faren;19160266]The balloon.[/QUOTE] :golfclap:

This whole hoax soared out of porportion

Oh I remember Balloon Boy, just hoping for it to explode and a kid to fall out dying.

Justice has been served. I'll call off Batman.

They got off pretty damn easy.

[quote]Richard Heene will serve the first 30 days of his sentence in jail and then the [b]last 60 days he will spend weekends and nights in jail so that he will be able to work during the day[/b].[b] The judge ordered him to begin his 30-day jail term on January 11, delaying the start of the sentence for two weeks so he can spend the holidays with his family.[/b][/quote] I did not know those kind of sentence terms exist! How do you get off so easy?! I mean damn! That is amazing! That's just so weird. Like Zeke129 said, [QUOTE=Zeke129;19157822]What the fuck, this isn't jail. It's a shitty hotel.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=NO ONE;19163764]I did not know those kind of sentence terms exist! How do you get off so easy?! I mean damn! That is amazing![/QUOTE] To be fair, they didn't damage anything, didn't hurt anyone, and, since they're banned from making money off it, the only harm was to the local police budget, which they may be forced to pay back. 30 days plus a shitty hotel is pretty steep for, essentially, being douchebags.

[QUOTE=gman003-main;19164450]To be fair, they didn't damage anything, didn't hurt anyone, and, since they're banned from making money off it, the only harm was to the local police budget, which they may be forced to pay back. 30 days plus a shitty hotel is pretty steep for, essentially, being douchebags.[/QUOTE] It's also not like they'll have any freedom of movement. It'll be; go to work, go right back to jail after work.

[QUOTE=Kagrenak;19166236]It's also not like they'll have any freedom of movement. It'll be; go to work, go right back to jail after work.[/QUOTE] Have a burger on break, smoke a joint, knock back a few beers, report to the jail, "I had to work late". It's like play jail or something

[quote]the last 60 days he will spend weekends and nights in jail so that he will be able to work during the day[/quote] what? i've never heard of this.