Last mentioned: Jul 5, 2026
Across the most recent 1 story covering Derrick Callella — 100% neutral sentiment, averaging 5/10 impact.
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Sentencing Scheduled
Callella is due back in court for formal sentencing; the plea agreement recommends five years of probation.
Guilty Plea Entered
Callella pleads guilty in U.S. District Court in Tucson to two counts of harassment by telecommunications device, the only criminal conviction to date in the case.
Callella Arrested
Federal agents arrest Derrick Callella in Hawthorne, California, four days after Guthrie is reported missing.
Callella Sends Harassing Messages
Derrick Callella calls and texts the Guthrie family, inquiring about a Bitcoin transfer, knowing an earlier ransom demand had been made.
First Ransom Note Surfaces
Local media receive a ransom note demanding payment in Bitcoin and setting deadlines for payment. The FBI later deems this and two other messages fake.
Disappearance Discovered
A friend alerts family after Guthrie misses church. Relatives enter her home and find her gone; blood on the front porch is later confirmed via DNA to be hers.
Nancy Guthrie Last Seen Alive
84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, in frail health and with limited mobility, is last seen at her Tucson, Arizona, home. She leaves behind her wallet, cellphone, hearing aid, and medication.
A Hawthorne man's guilty plea to federal telecommunications harassment charges reveals prosecutorial strategy in ancillary crimes during active kidnapping investigations. The plea agreement, bypassing the two-year prison maximum for five years probation, underscores the challenges of evidence in hoax ransom cases.
Source: Usa Today (us) · Reuters (il)
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