In the sometimes confusing balloon-boy universe, Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden almost faced charges for his role in the fiasco---almost. Somewhere along the story's time line, the outspoken and camera-friendly Alderden had disclosed that social-services workers were asked to investigate the Heene family, who prior to the balloon-boy incident appeared on ABC's "Wife Swap." The Heene family's attorney, David Lane, claims Alderden [2] was trying to make the family look bad in the public eye. But Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett, serving as a special prosecutor, disagrees, stating in a letter released yesterday that there will be no charges against Alderden (via the Fort Collins Coloradoan [3]). "Although Sheriff Alderden references the fact that the Department of Social Services has become involved, he discloses no data or information obtained from a Department of Social Services report, nor does he improperly release any identifying information obtained from records or reports of child abuse," Garnett writes. "Thus, no criminal charges are warranted."