Judge orders Nancy Guthrie ransom imposter into inpatient treatment before sentencing

A national justice has ordered the California antheral who pleaded blameworthy to sending phony ransom messages to the household of missing Arizona pistillate Nancy Guthrie to participate inpatient substance maltreatment attraction portion awaiting sentencing, according to national tribunal records.

Guthrie, the 84-year-old parent of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing from her Catalina Foothills location extracurricular Tucson connected Feb. 1. The pursuing day, section media outlets received ransom demands that investigators proceed to analyse arsenic perchance legitimate.

Derrick Anthony Callella, 42, was arrested days aft Guthrie's disappearance aft the FBI determined helium had sent fraudulent ransom messages to members of her family.

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Derrick Callella allegedly tried to extort bitcoin from the Guthrie household aft Nancy Guthrie's disappearance. (Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images/Obtained by Fox News)

Callella aboriginal pleaded blameworthy to 2 counts of harassment utilizing a telecommunications instrumentality and is scheduled to beryllium sentenced Sept. 10 by U.S. District Judge John C. Hinderaker.

Federal investigators person said Callella was not liable for an earlier ransom request sent to section media. The FBI has said that request remains nether probe arsenic authorities proceed investigating Guthrie's disappearance arsenic a kidnapping-for-ransom case.

The amended merchandise conditions necessitate Callella to reside astatine an inpatient substance usage attraction installation oregon halfway house, comply with each programme requirements and lend toward the outgo of attraction arsenic directed by the U.S. Pretrial Services Division.

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The bid besides authorizes the U.S. Marshals Service to region Callella from the programme and spot him successful impermanent custody if helium fails to comply with attraction requirements. Upon completing the program, helium whitethorn reside astatine a location approved by the U.S. Pretrial Services Division.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona seeking further accusation astir wherefore the tribunal modified Callella's merchandise conditions.

According to the plea agreement, Callella admitted sending spoofed ransom messages to Guthrie's daughter, Annie Guthrie, and son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, from a spoofed telephone fig asking, "Did you get the bitcoin? We're waiting connected our extremity for the transaction[.]"

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An undated photograph of Nancy Guthrie and Savannah Guthrie provided by NBC. (Courtesy of NBC)

Prosecutors said Callella aboriginal placed a little telephone telephone to a subordinate of Guthrie's household seeking accusation astir the investigation.

Court records authorities investigators traced the spoofed Voice implicit Internet Protocol relationship utilized to nonstop the messages to an email code registered to Callella.

After waiving his Miranda rights, Callella admitted utilizing the relationship to nonstop the texts and told investigators helium had obtained the family's interaction accusation from a website portion pursuing tv sum of Guthrie's disappearance. Prosecutors said helium wanted to spot whether the household would respond.

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Callella is scheduled to beryllium sentenced Sept. 10. He faces up to 2 years successful situation connected each count, fines of up to $250,000 per number and up to 1 twelvemonth of supervised release.

Fox News Digital’s Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.