Torrance man charged with sending fake ransom demand to Savannah Guthrie’s family is released on $20K bond

A Torrance man facing federal charges of sending a bogus ransom demand to relatives of Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of “Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, made his initial court appearance in Santa Ana Friday and was ordered released on $20,000 bond.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona, home on Jan. 31, the victim of an apparent kidnapping.

Derrick Callella, 42, is accused in a federal complaint filed in Arizona with sending text messages on Wednesday to Guthrie’s daughter and son-in-law that read...