6-year-old Colorado boy floats away in balloon - Page 2

Ghost_Tracker · #16 10-16-2009, 04:50 PM

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now maybe my comments don't seem so silly, check this out:

very interesting, they lied?~

Balloon Boy Busts Parents

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I can't believe Wolf Blitzer didn't pick up on this....

Unless maybe he knew the interview would end if he did,
and realizing what had happened, decided that the best thing to
do was keep the interview going as long as possible in order
to squeeze out as much information as possible.
Anyway, shame on them.

Ghost_Tracker · #17 10-18-2009, 12:18 AM

There's a story on Yahoo! that the Sheriff's Office is going to file charges in the balloon hoax. The Sheriff himself is clearly pissed and he says that he only has the authority to charge them with a misdemeanor; but he's going to look into whether it may be possible for them to be charged with a federal crime as well...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091018/...boy_in_balloon

SuzeQuze · #18 10-18-2009, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghost_Tracker

I can't believe Wolf Blitzer didn't pick up on this....

Unless maybe he knew the interview would end if he did,
and realizing what had happened, decided that the best thing to
do was keep the interview going as long as possible in order
to squeeze out as much information as possible.
Anyway, shame on them.

On another show the interviewer questioned what the boy meant and the father went a little ballistic. Falcon wouldn't answer and eventually Heene just said that the kid was confused because they'd already answered all these questions for other interviewers or something to that effect. I would imagine that other charges can be brought because you can't have military copters searching for a boy that you know is not missing! Ass.

Mad4stevie · #19 10-18-2009, 12:08 PM

Did anyone see the kid puke on live TV on the Today show on Friday? Ugh.

I think the kid is really stressed and showed it . . .

They should throw the book at these idiots . . .

gldstwmn · #20 10-18-2009, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mad4stevie

Did anyone see the kid puke on live TV on the Today show on Friday? Ugh.

Yeah. He should have been in bed. Something is definitely wrong with this picture. It looks as though they are going to try and get the Feds to prosecute them with something.

Mad4stevie · #21 10-18-2009, 01:21 PM

Yeah. I think they are charging them with:

Filing a false report
Conspiracy
Contributing to the delinquency of a minor
Attempting to influence a public official (law enforcement)

I wonder what other federal charges might also be applicable?

Ghost_Tracker · #22 10-18-2009, 05:09 PM

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plans for another reality show!

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Ghost_Tracker · #23 10-18-2009, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Mad4stevie

Yeah. I think they are charging them with:

Filing a false report
Conspiracy
Contributing to the delinquency of a minor
Attempting to influence a public official (law enforcement)

I wonder what other federal charges might also be applicable?

Hate to say it but I think the Sheriff may be "over-the-top" with saying he wants
Federal charges. I don't know too much about it but I'm not sure there's really any
"meat" there. Except maybe with the part about filing a false report to the cops
(making them waste time and resources on nothing, etc.) - I don't know the details
of how all that works. I think they maybe will go after them with the Social Workers too,
and honestly in my opinion that may very well be justified.

Mad4stevie · #24 10-18-2009, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghost_Tracker

Hate to say it but I think the Sheriff may be "over-the-top" with saying he wants
Federal charges. I don't know too much about it but I'm not sure there's really any
"meat" there. Except maybe with the part about filing a false report to the cops
(making them waste time and resources on nothing, etc.) - I don't know the details
of how all that works. I think they maybe will go after them with the Social Workers too,
and honestly in my opinion that may very well be justified.

Not sure either, but the federal charges might be possible because the military and the FAA were involved. Plus, the search interferred with air travel into Denver International Airport, and all issues with air travel are federal.

gldstwmn · #25 10-19-2009, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Mad4stevie

Not sure either, but the federal charges might be possible because the military and the FAA were involved. Plus, the search interferred with air travel into Denver International Airport, and all issues with air travel are federal.

Exactly. The sheriff is now stating that this was a hoax that had been planned for two weeks.

Ghost_Tracker · #26 10-19-2009, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Mad4stevie

Not sure either, but the federal charges might be possible because the military and the FAA were involved. Plus, the search interferred with air travel into Denver International Airport, and all issues with air travel are federal.

Oh - that I didn't know. Alrighty then, yeah, maybe they can nail them with Federal charges there....

Ghost_Tracker · #27 10-19-2009, 05:16 PM

According to the current lead story on cnn.com, the father involved in the balloon hoax is saying that his family feels "under siege."
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Bernie Madoff says that Madoff feels like he is "being punished" and that it's like being "in prison."

Lee · #28 10-20-2009, 09:02 AM

OK, now from what I've learned about the parents (not too stable), the kids should be taken away from them. I mean, Falcon throws up on national TV because he's so worked up about the lying & pretending; it's obvious to me that those two aren't fit to be raising kids, JMO

Lee

SuzeQuze · #29 10-20-2009, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Lee

OK, now from what I've learned about the parents (not too stable), the kids should be taken away from them. I mean, Falcon throws up on national TV because he's so worked up about the lying & pretending; it's obvious to me that those two aren't fit to be raising kids, JMO

Lee

I also wonder if he was throwing up out of fear of what his father was going to do to him for letting the cat out of the bag.

Ghost_Tracker · #30 10-20-2009, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

I also wonder if he was throwing up out of fear of what his father was going to do to him for letting the cat out of the bag.

WOW, I hadn't thought of that - I was thinking more in "general" terms of him feeling the stress of all that was going on,
and that it was maybe from confusion and mistakenly thinking (as only a six-year-old can) that he had done something "wrong."
(Rather than because of perceived or real threats from his father, I mean.)

But yeah i.m.o. they need to investigate further -
"where there's smoke there's fire."
Certainly at the least they're setting a very bad example.