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Missing Marine Found 2 Years After Disappearance
Lance Hering Accused Of Desertion


BOULDER, Colo. -- A Marine accused of faking his own disappearance to avoid returning to his unit has been arrested in the state of Washington, and his father has been arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting.

Boulder County sheriff's officials say 23-year-old Lance Hering was arrested Sunday afternoon at the Port Angeles Airport.

He is being held on a warrant for contempt of court on a burglary charge and a U.S. Marine Corps warrant for desertion.

His father, Lloyd Hering, also was arrested. He will be a misdemeanor charge of aiding and abetting.

Hering, a lance corporal and Iraq war veteran, was on leave from Camp Pendleton, Calif., when he disappeared in 2006.

At the time, Hering's friend, Steve Powers, reported that Hering had wandered away after a rock-climbing accident in Eldorado Canyon State Park, prompting a five-day search that involved hundreds of volunteers.

In September 2006, Boulder County Sheriff's Office found a videotape showing Hering buying a bus ticket on the same day of his disappearance, Aug. 30.

Powers later pleaded guilty to false reporting.

The Boulder Sheriff's Office said it cost $33,000 in manpower and fuel to search for Hering. Back in 2006, the District Attorney's Office stated once Hering was found, the office would go after him for the charges.

Court documents revealed a conversation with Hering's girlfriend claimed he planned to fake his death to collect insurance money.

Glad they caught him and his dad!

thegunny my Grandson and one of his Smoke Jumper buddies came down from Montana and got a couple of our Horses and went back up to the search area and searched for a couple of weeks I bet those boys are some pi**ed off Boys right now.

Oughta invite them to the trial!

I have not heard they may have to be at the trial the reason the search was called off was some of the things his buddy told the Sheriff.