Richard Heene Has a Criminal Record

Balloon Boy’s father, Richard Heene, is expected to be charged for his balloon hoax on Wednesday, and to that he says he will plead not guilty.

On September 28, 2009 Heene created a profile on realitywanted.com to try an get himself on a reality TV show again. This is some of the evidence the Sheriff will be using to prove Heene planned the stunt, and there have been people going on record to make the same claims.

A reality TV producer also came forward to talk about how mad he was at Heene for pitching a reality show to him where Heene and his sons chase storms. The reality producer said he turned Heene down when he discovered Heene also talked to TLC about the same show concept, but then tried to make it sound like his real reason was that Heene’s boys would have been put in "harms way." Uh huh, riiiiight.

The Heene parents have been reported to child services as well, so they are most likely starting to have marital problems due to all the outside pressure on the family. Just imagine how the boys must be feeling.

Since the media wants to see Heene behind bars they’ve dug up his criminal past.

Heene was arrested in April 1997 and charged with misdemeanor vandalism, vehicle tampering, and disturbing the peace.

On April 15, 1997, Heene pled no contest to vandalism and the other charges were dismissed. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail, 2 years probation and ordered to pay restitution of $100. Heene served only 4 days and was then placed under house arrest.

With all the backlash Richard put a sign on the door that read:

"Thank you for all of your support. We are not taking any interview any more. We are tired. Thank you. Heenes."

Richard’s grammar is just as good as Jon Gosselin’s so don’t judge.

At this point the media doesn’t need to ask anymore questions, they’ll just follow Heene’s legal, family, and marital problems. Richard really needs that reality show right about now to pay his legal bills.

The neighbors in Heene’s neighborhood look like they moved from Los Angeles when he did. Rough neighborhood.