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Two counts, Sept. 10 sentencing: judge orders Callella into inpatient treatment in Guthrie ransom fraud case

7/8/2026

Up to $250,000 per count on two guilty pleas to telecommunications harassment sets Derrick Anthony Callella's maximum fine exposure at $500,000 in the federal case tied to Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.

A federal judge has modified Callella's pretrial release, ordering the 42-year-old California man into inpatient substance abuse treatment while he awaits his scheduled Sept.

The FBI's separate kidnapping-for-ransom investigation into Guthrie's disappearance from her Catalina Foothills home outside Tucson remains open.

Sentencing exposure Callella faces up to two years in prison on each count and up to one year of supervised release, in addition to the fines. Total prison exposure across both counts: four years.

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