Hawthorne man in hoax Guthrie ransom case makes first court appearance
A Hawthorne man, Derrick Callella, 42, was charged with transmitting a demand for ransom and related offenses for allegedly sending a hoax ransom note and threatening texts to the Guthrie family amid Nancy Guthrie's disappearance; he appeared in a Santa Ana federal courtroom and was released on a $20,000 bond, as investigators pursue a separate ransom message sent to a Tucson news station.