Former Utility Executive Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison

BOISE – Kenneth Frank Morehouse, 59, formerly CEO of Intermountain Gas, was sentenced yesterday to 21 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Lodge, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Judge Lodge also ordered Morehouse to pay a $5,500 fine and imposed three years of supervised release to follow his period of incarceration.

On June 21, 2017, Morehouse pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm during a February 2017 incident in which Ada County Sheriff’s deputies were called to Morehouse’s residence by Morehouse’s wife who feared he was suicidal. A deputy encountered Morehouse in his home holding a firearm and shot Morehouse to temporarily disable him out of fear for officer safety and the safety of Morehouse and his wife. Morehouse was prohibited from possessing a firearm due to a 2015 conviction in Ada County District Court for a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) and the Ada County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case. It was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2001 by the Department of Justice to combat gun violence in the United States. Project Safe Neighborhoods marshals federal, state, and local resources to target and prosecute those who commit gun crimes. For more information about Project Safe Neighborhoods, visit https://www.bja.gov