Derrick Callella

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A California man is facing criminal charges after allegedly demanding bitcoin payments from the family of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, who disappeared Sunday in Tucson, Arizona.

Derrick Callella, 42, of Hawthorne, California, is charged with transmitting a ransom demand related to a kidnapped person, and anonymous interstate communications intended to harass or threaten.

Court documents allege a Tucson TV station received a ransom demand via its online tip portal on Monday requesting payment in bitcoin.

After the family released a public plea video on Wednesday, Guthrie's daughter and son-in-law each received texts demanding confirmation of payment, according to the criminal complaint.

Authorities claim the texts were traced to an email account belonging to Callella, and IP address records showed they were sent from his house.

 

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A California man is facing criminal charges after allegedly demanding bitcoin payments from the family of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, who disappeared Sunday in Tucson, Arizona.

Derrick Callella, 42, of Hawthorne, California, is charged with transmitting a ransom demand related to a kidnapped person, and anonymous interstate communications intended to harass or threaten.

Court documents allege a Tucson TV station received a ransom demand via its online tip portal on Monday requesting payment in bitcoin.

After the family released a public plea video on Wednesday, Guthrie's daughter and son-in-law each received texts demanding confirmation of payment, according to the criminal complaint.

Authorities claim the texts were traced to an email account belonging to Callella, and IP address records showed they were sent from his house.

Typical dumbass. Like he didn't ever think those text demands for ransom couldn't be traced? Probably thinks the internet is like cacklin' Harris' description...of "ya know....that cloud that exists above us"?


I mean just damn...to think she was almost elected President!