<p>I hope that they also have to repay the money that was spent in the search, and I also hope that protective services is involved in their situation. Clearly, the parents don’t know how to parent. I also wonder how the parents are treating their 6-year-old who inadvertently tipped police that he was hiding because his parents told him to do it for a TV show.</p>
<p>"FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The parents of a 6-year-old son Coloradan who became known as “balloon boy” will plead guilty at a court hearing on Friday, their lawyer said in a statement on Thursday.</p>
<p>Mayumi Heene will plead guilty to false reporting to authorities, a class 3 misdemeanor, with a stipulated sentence of probation, according to a statement from Killmer, Lane and Newman, attorneys of law.</p>
<p>Richard Heene will plead guilty to attempting to influence a public servant, a class 4 felony. The prosecutor has stipulated to a sentence of probation, the office said in a statement."
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