Breaking News: Balloon Boy Dad sentenced to 90 days in jail

It also sounds like he'll have to pay restitution, but not yet clear how much. Wife's sentencing is in progress - it sounds like she'll receive lighter treatment.

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Breaking News: Balloon Boy Dad sentenced to 90 days in jail

By News Desk on December 23, 2009 · Comment · Email This Email This · ShareThis

richard heeneBalloon Boy dad Richard Heene was sentenced to 30 days in prison, 60 days work release and 4 years of probation.

Heene’s wife, Mayumi Heene was sentenced to 4 years probation for false reporting to authorities.

ABC News reports

Today, Larimer County Court Judge Stephen Schapanski sentenced the man behind one of the year’s biggest scandals to 90 days jail and four years probation. He also prohibited Richard Heene from making any money off the balloon boy fiasco during that time.

Schapanski stated that Richard Heene must spend 30 days in jail beginning Jan. 11, 2010. The remaining 60 days of his sentence may be carried out under “work release,” meaning he can work during the day and spend nights in prison.

“This will be supervised probation,” Schapenski said about that part of the sentence. “The terms and conditions will be that Mr. Heene is in fact prohibited from receiving any form of financial benefit — whether it be media, a book, an article he writes — anything of that kind that stems from this incident.”

The judge also ruled that Richard Heene must write a letter of apology to the community and public service agencies that were roped into the Oct. 15 stunt, perform 100 hours of community service and submit to random drug or alcohol testing.
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