A 42-year-old California resident admitted in federal court on Thursday that he targeted the family of NBC “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie with phony ransom demands tied to the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie. Derrick Callella of Hawthorne, California, pleaded guilty to two counts of harassment using a telecommunications device. He faces up to two years in prison and a $250,000 fine when sentenced on September 10, 2026, before U.S. District Judge John C. Hinderaker. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, Callella called and sent text messages to members of the Guthrie family on February 4, 2026, shortly after Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Tucson-area home. Derrick Callella obtained the phone numbers of Annie Guthrie and Tommaso Cioni….
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