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Balloon boy's parents to face criminal charges, sheriff says

A sheriff said Saturday that his office will file criminal charges in the case of a 6-year-old boy who vanished into the rafters of his garage while the world thought he was zooming through the sky in aflying saucer-like helium balloon.

PHOTOS: Boy found safe after balloon floats away

After the boy’s parents, Richard and Mayumi Heene, met with sheriff’s officials for much of the afternoon,...

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