Tonganoxie man indicted on child pornography, violent threat charges

A federal grand jury has put Christian Page, 24, of Tonganoxie, at the center of a case that combines alleged online threats with repeated child pornography offenses. Prosecutors say Page threatened to rape and kill a victim using an electronic device, and that he also received, distributed, possessed and accessed child pornography multiple times between 2025 and 2026.

The indictment, announced June 5, charged Page with one count of receipt of child pornography, one count of distribution of child pornography, two counts of possession and access with intent to view child pornography, and one count of interstate communications with a threat to injure. An indictment is not a conviction, but it means a grand jury found probable cause and federal prosecutors are moving the case forward.

The charges place the case within the federal child-exploitation and threat-enforcement system handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas. Ryan A. Kriegshauser, the current U.S. attorney, oversees the investigation and prosecution of federal crimes in the district, which covers all 105 Kansas counties and serves roughly 2.9 million residents through offices in Wichita, Topeka and Kansas City, Kansas.

Federal child-exploitation cases are often routed through Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide Department of Justice initiative launched in May 2006 to marshal federal, state and local resources against child sexual exploitation and abuse. The program is designed to help locate, apprehend and prosecute offenders, a role that has made it a central tool in cases involving both internet-based abuse and violent threats.

Tonganoxie is not in Douglas County, but it sits in the same northeast Kansas news orbit that includes Lawrence and the wider Kansas City area. The city says its population is 5,583, while the U.S. Census Bureau estimated 6,208 residents there as of July 1, 2025. Douglas County’s July 1, 2025 population estimate was 120,920.

For Lawrence-area readers, the case is a reminder that credible threats and suspected online exploitation are both crimes that can cross jurisdictional lines quickly. Federal prosecutors treat them as serious public-safety matters, especially when allegations involve repeated conduct and threats made through electronic devices.