Lawyers: Parents of Colorado balloon boy to plead guilty
Friday, November 13, 2009
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The parents accused of pulling a spectacular hoax by reporting that their 6-year-old son had floated away aboard a helium balloon have agreed to plead guilty in a deal that could send them both to jail but protect the wife from deportation.
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