Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested 31-year-old Cristian Escalera Maldonado on Sunday, December 22, 2024. The charges against Maldonado include four (4) counts of sexual battery of a minor aged 16 or 17, one (1) count of lewd conduct with a minor under 16, one (1) count of sexual exploitation by producing child sexual abuse material, and one (1) count of sexual exploitation by possessing child sexual abuse material. The court has set a bond of $500,000.
“I am grateful for the hard work of our ICAC Unit and our law enforcement partners around the state,” said Attorney General Labrador. “Protecting kids from sexual abuse and exploitation is a top priority for all of us. Our children deserve to be safe from these horrible crimes and predators.”
Investigators from the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office and the Idaho Falls Police Department, who serve in the Attorney General’s ICAC Unit, made the arrest.
If you have any information related to the exploitation of children, please reach out to your local police, the Attorney General’s ICAC Unit at 208-947-8700, or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678. Your help can make a difference in protecting vulnerable children.
The Idaho ICAC Task Force, which is a collaboration of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, partners with the Attorney General’s ICAC Unit to actively investigate and bring to justice individuals who exploit children through the internet.
If you are a parent, educator, or law enforcement official seeking valuable information and useful resources, look no further than the ICAC website, ICACIdaho.org.