Ex-Marine offered deal in staged disappearance

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Ex-Marine offered deal in staged disappearance
The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Mar 14, 2009 17:37:12 EDT

BOULDER, Colo. — A former Marine who faces charges that he staged his disappearance during a hike in Boulder has been offered a plea deal.

Lance Hering, 23, would not get jail time in return for an admission of guilt, restitution, a letter of apology to the community, 200 hours community service and two years probation.

Boulder Country District Attorney Stan Garnett on Friday said the offer is fair. Defense attorney Alex Garlin said it’s not likely Hering would accept the deal.

The deal is identical to one given to Steve Powers, who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor false reporting in January 2007 for helping Hering. Powers admitted that Hering’s disappearance in Eldorado Canyon State Park, which launched the most expensive search in Boulder County history, was a hoax.

Power told authorities that Hering wandered off after suffering an injury in a fall.


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