Watch the Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden discuss the balloon boy incident hoax in this news/press conference video clip.

The Heenes (Richard and Mayumi Heene), parents of 6-year-old Falcon, were found to be lying, and the Sheriff’s office looked to get a confession from the family to move forward with charges.

Sheriff Alderden found that the Heenes created the incident as a publicity stunt – the hoax was to get attention to market themselves for a reality television show.

The family agreed to taking a polygraph, but the sheriff could not comment on that or whether anyone confessed. Sheriff’s deputies searched the family’s home last night, looking for computer, financial and phone records, and other evidence that would connect them to a reality show.

Alderden said “We anticipate criminal charges will be filed sometime in the near future.”