Yearly Archives: 2020

Parents convicted in 2009 ‘Balloon Boy’ scam pardoned

The Colorado governor on Wednesday pardoned a couple convicted of criminal charges in the so-called Balloon Boy Hawks that lured the country more than a decade ago. Richard and Mayumi Hee reported that their 6-year-old son floated in a domestic UFO-shaped silver helium balloon in 2009. Dozens of emergency responses …

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