{"id":8740,"date":"2026-02-12T21:39:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=8740"},"modified":"2026-02-12T21:39:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:39:06","slug":"ex-la-county-worker-arrested-in-nancy-guthrie-case-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=8740","title":{"rendered":"Ex-LA County worker arrested in Nancy Guthrie case!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Federal agents have arrested a man, Derrick Callella, in connection with hoax messages sent to the Guthrie family about bitcoin, but officials say the arrest is not a breakthrough in Nancy Guthrie\u2019s disappearance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Authorities say Callella, a Southern California resident, allegedly sent text messages and a brief phone call after the family\u2019s public plea, attempting to exploit their fear. Investigators believe he was not involved in the actual abduction. Callella faces two federal charges: demanding ransom and placing a harassing call without identifying himself.<\/p>\n

The Guthrie family continues to seek proof of life for Nancy, 84, mother of TODAY anchor Savannah Guthrie, who went missing February 1 in Tucson. No arrests have been made in the abduction itself, and the FBI has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to her recovery. Officials emphasize that hoaxes and false leads complicate the investigation but do not replace the need for credible evidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Federal agents have arrested a man, Derrick Callella, in connection with hoax messages sent to the Guthrie family about bitcoin, but officials say the arrest […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8742,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8740\/revisions\/8742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}