According to court records, this photo of Kenneth Miller in Brownsville is indicative of illegal activity.
According to court records, this photo of Kenneth Miller in Brownsville is indicative of illegal activity.
A Minnesota man whose profile in Popular Science magazine about making homemade explosives for the NFL and others initiated a federal investigation was sentenced Tuesday to nearly two years in prison for possessing illegal materials.
Agents raided the Brownsville home of Kenneth Miller, after the magazine article showed photographs of Miller shooting red flares off the hood of his pickup truck and packing powdered chemicals in a nearby shack he used as a makeshift laboratory.
Miller told the magazine he built special effects for the NFL, air shows and Hollywood movies, including the blockbuster Transformers franchise.
Miller pleaded guilty in September to illegally manufacturing and selling explosives.
In a video sentencing hearing on Tuesday, defense attorney James Ventura said Miller didn’t know that some of the materials he used were illegal for him to possess, the Star Tribune reported.
“He thought that he was legal,” Ventura said. “He wasn’t. And he knows that it’s his fault.”
Miller was first convicted of a felony for conspiracy to make illegal explosives in 1986. A few years later, he was convicted of illegally possessing a firearm in North Dakota.
Menomonie, WIs.
One of many Bridges on the Red Cedar Trail near Menomonie, am abandoned railroad track.
La Crosse, Wis.
Fall sunset from the marsh
La Crosse, Wis.
On fire
Winona, Minn.
Big Lake (west)
La Crescent, MInn.
View from La Crescent Rest Area parking lot
Winona, Minn.
Mississippi River bluff with Winona in background.
LaCanne Park, Goodview, Minn.
LaCanne Park, Rollingstone, Minn.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona
On a hike at Great River Bluffs State Park
Scenery at LaCanne Park, Goodview, Minn.
Butterfly trails, La Crosse bluffs
Community Garden, Menomonie
LaCanne Park, Goodview, Minn.
Autumn color in Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona
Fall colors in Windom Park, Winona
Levee Park, Winona
Bike path around Lake Winona
Fall color in Winona
West Winona from Garvin
West Winona from Garvin
Canoes on a peaceful Lake Winona
Glorious Goodview, Winona
Fall colors on Lake Winona
Winona
Winona
Golden valley
Valley Oaks from my picture window.
Miller Bluff trail
Miller Bluff trail is among the extensive community trail system a local group hoping to expand through fundraising.
Bluffviewing from the lake
Lake Winona looking into the bluffs.
Vernon County cruising
Cruising the country roads of Vernon County.
Red leaves
The wedding present that keeps on giving!
Fall fun
Sydney enjoying the fall leaves.
View from Irish Hill
The view from our deck on Irish Hill just off Highway 33. We can see all the way to Highway 14 to Coon Valley.
Maple shows off its many hues
A Maple tree near the shore of East Lake Winona displays golden autumn color. It’s the most colorful time of year. We are asking our readers to show off the fall colors for all to see. Use a form at https://go.lacrossetribune.com/Photos and send photos our way. We’ll put them in galleries that we will share on social media, and we’ll publish some of them in full color in our papers. You can view our fall colors gallery now at winonadailynewscom.
Grandad's fall colors
Fall colors on the new trails around Grandad’s Bluff. Show off your fall colors photos for all to see. Use a form at https://go.lacrossetribune.com/Photos and send the photos our way. We’ll put them in online galleries that we share on social media, and we’ll publish some of them in full color in our papers. You can view the gallariers at lacrossetribune.com.
Winona
Winona
Winona
Winona
Winona
Winona
Peak color
A runner makes his way over the State Road overpass Wednesday, passing a maple tree showing peak fall color.
Color in the coulee
Built in the year 1900, the Skogdalen Lutheran Church on Oakdale Avenue in rural Westby stands Thursday among Timber Coulee’s array of fall foliage.
Start of autumn
Trees start to change on Lake Tomah at Winnebago Park.
Swinging into fall
Terry Ziegelbauer hits a tee shot at Forest Hills Golf Course.
A sign of fall
A maple tree in Coon Valley's Veterans Memorial Park starts to reveal its fall color, Saturday, Sept. 5.
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