A man from Gladstone, Oregon was handed a 50-year prison term by federal authorities for the abduction and sexual abuse of a Canadian minor. The judgment comes as the conclusion of an investigation into offenses Noah Madrano, 43, engaged in after meeting the victim through a music-focused social media site.
As reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office, Madrano's sentence includes a 600-month stint in federal prison, a fine of $5,000, and post-imprisonment he will be under a lifetime term of supervised release. The future dates for determining the amount Madrano must pay in restitution to the victim is yet to be scheduled. With a crime spree that involved international travel and the exploitation of a child he had met online, William M. Narus, serving as the Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, praised the collaborative efforts of both U.S. and Canadian law enforcement agencies in bringing Madrano to justice.
FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Portland office, Douglas A. Olson, highlighted the predatory nature of Madrano’s crimes in the U.S. Attorney's Office report, stating, "The persistence with which Madrano pursued his heinous crimes - traveling internationally on multiple occasions to victimize a child he met online, and ultimately smuggling that victim across an international border, speaks to how predatory his actions genuinely were." Olson emphasized the benefit to the community facilitated by Madrano's incarceration.
Detailed in court documents and outlined in the U.S. Attorney's Office release, Madrano exploited the child over more than a year, including episodes of abuse that were recorded. A federal grand jury in Portland had indicted Madrano on six counts related to the sexual exploitation and transportation of a minor for illicit sexual conduct, to which, on January 13, he pleaded guilty to some of the charges.
The operations leading to Madrano’s arrest and conviction involved multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI's Child Exploitation Task Force (CETF), Oregon City Police, and Canadian authorities from the Edmonton Police Service and Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a wider effort to counter child sexual exploitation and abuse which was launched in 2006. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's website contains further resources and information on the efforts to combat these crimes. The public is urged to report any instances of child exploitation by calling the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or by submitting tips online at tips.fbi.gov.
