Judge Orders 42-Year-Old Derrick Callella Into Inpatient Treatment Before Sept. 10 Sentencing
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 8
Judge Orders 42-Year-Old Derrick Callella Into Inpatient Treatment Before Sept. 10 Sentencing
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 8
Summary
Federal court records show Derrick Callella, 42, must enter inpatient substance abuse treatment or a halfway house while awaiting his Sept. 10 sentencing in Arizona.
Callella pleaded guilty to two harassment counts after admitting he sent spoofed ransom texts to Nancy Guthrie's family seeking bitcoin and later called a relative for information about the investigation.
The amended release order requires him to follow program rules, help pay treatment costs and allows U.S. marshals to take him into temporary custody if he fails to comply.
Investigators have said Callella was not behind an earlier ransom demand sent to local media, which remains under review as authorities still investigate 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie's disappearance as a kidnapping-for-ransom case.
Callella was arrested days after Guthrie vanished on Feb. 1 and faces up to two years in prison and $250,000 in fines on each count.