Derrick Callella charged and ID’d as Nancy Guthrie imposter ransom note sender

California man accused of sending phony ransom texts to Savannah Guthrie’s family about her missing mother has been arrested and charged, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday.

Derrick Callella, who is in his mid-forties, messaged Guthrie’s daughter, Annie, and son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni about the ailing 84-year-old on Wednesday, according to the complaint filed in Arizona federal court.

Approximately three minutes after sending the texts, data obtained by authorities showed Callella also made a nine-second-long call to an unidentified family member of Nancy Guthrie, according to the court docs, which didn’t name the relative he allegedly called.