A St. Helens, Oregon man has been sentenced to over 12 years in federal prison for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children and interstate travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual activity. Kenneth Green, 57, was an employee of the Lake Oswego Fire Department at the time of his offenses.
Green received a sentence of 151 months in federal prison and will be subject to lifetime supervised release. He was also ordered to pay a $50,000 special assessment under the Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018.
Court documents show that between 2017 and 2019, Green paid for livestreamed shows depicting child sexual abuse in the Philippines. During these sessions, he directed traffickers on how to abuse children and received related material from them. Authorities found further evidence on devices seized from his home that indicated additional communications with child sex traffickers.
In preparation for a trip to the Philippines in 2019, Green spent several months coordinating with a trafficker about arrangements for travel and accommodations as well as plans for sexually abusing minors aged between nine and seventeen. Although he traveled there in November 2019 intending to engage in illicit conduct with minors, he claimed illness upon arrival and did not meet with the trafficker.
A federal grand jury indicted Green on February 7, 2024, charging him with sexual exploitation of children, receiving child pornography, interstate travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual activity, and attempted foreign sex tourism. On October 24, 2025, he pleaded guilty to two counts: sexual exploitation of children and interstate travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual activity.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Eliza Carmen Rodriguez and Charlotte Kelley prosecuted it.
This prosecution was part of Project Safe Childhood—a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006—aimed at combating child sexual exploitation through collaboration among federal, state, and local agencies. More information about this initiative is available at www.justice.gov/psc.
Victims or those aware of human trafficking situations are encouraged to contact the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) hotline at 1-888-373-7888 or text 233733; tips can also be submitted via the NHTRC website.
