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Rural Minnesota man who made illegal explosives for Hollywood and NFL sentenced to federal prison January 12, 2021 4:33pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Federal agents arrested Kenneth Ray Miller, of Brownsville, after reading a profile about his business in Popular Science magazine. The article described Miller as a special-effects wizard who made chemical smoke bombs and sold them to the NFL, air shows, Hollywood movies, the military and foreign militaries.
Miller had a record of felony convictions that prohibited him from using some of the explosive materials. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also found illegal firearms on Miller s property when they raided it last Spring, according to court documents.
Brownsville man featured in photo essay sentenced on explosives charge
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Kenneth Miller
MINNEAPOLIS A Houston man was sentenced Tuesday to nearly two years in federal prison after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives became of aware through a magazine article that he was making explosives.
Kenneth Ray Miller, 58, pleaded guilty in September in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to a count of manufacturing and dealing explosive materials. On Tuesday, Miller was sentenced by Judge Patrick J. Schiltz to 22 months in federal prison. Miller s prison sentence will be followed by three years of supervised probation.