Teens charged in $66M crypto home invasion plot in Scottsdale as search for Nancy Guthrie continues in Tucson

Two California teens were arrested successful an Arizona location penetration tied to an alleged $66 cardinal cryptocurrency crippled that happened the aforesaid time Nancy Guthrie was past seen earlier disappearing from her Tucson location astir 2 hours away.

Authorities person not said if the 2 cases are connected successful immoderate way, but the cases bash stock immoderate bizarre similarities. 

The teens, who are not being identified by Fox News Digital due to the fact that they are some nether the property of 18, allegedly posed arsenic transportation drivers to summation entree to the Scottsdale location connected Jan. 31, earlier forcing their mode wrong and duct-taping and assaulting 2 homeowners inside. 

The teenagers had met precocious and were extorted by individuals known lone arsenic "Red" and "8," tribunal documents state. They were allegedly sent from California with $1,000 to acquisition supplies for disguises, restraints and burglary tools. 

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Two California teenagers who allegedly posed arsenic transportation drivers conducted a location penetration successful Arizona successful an effort to bargain $66 cardinal successful cryptocurrency, constabulary said.  (Getty Images)

During the location invasion, 1 of the victims denied having cryptocurrency, authorities said. An big lad successful the location was capable to telephone constabulary from different room. When officers arrived, the teenagers fled but were aboriginal caught and arrested.

One of the teen's mothers contacted instrumentality authorities successful California to study substance messages connected his telephone discussing him dressing up successful a transportation azygous and committing a burglary, tribunal documents said. The messages contained a location code successful Scottsdale, authorities said. 

Authorities successful California contacted the Scottsdale Police Department (SPD) to notify it of a imaginable burglary. The SPD received that accusation aft the location invasions happened. 

Both teens look respective felony charges, including burglary, aggravated battle and kidnapping. They were reportedly successful possession of a 3D-printed gun, though constabulary said it contained nary ammunition, and its functionality remains unknown.

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Savannah Guthrie and her mother, Nancy Guthrie, Thursday, June 15, 2023. (Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images)

The location penetration happened successful Scottsdale, astir 2 hours northbound of Tucson, wherever investigators are trying to portion unneurotic what happened to Nancy Guthrie, parent of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie.  

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was past seen astatine location astatine astir 9:30 p.m. Jan. 31, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department. Investigators believed Gutherie was kidnapped oregon abducted. Her humor was recovered connected her structure during the investigation, authorities said Thursday. 

TMZ reported receiving a imaginable ransom enactment that demanded millions of dollars successful cryptocurrency beryllium sent to a circumstantial bitcoin address. The enactment allegedly contained a deadline. The enactment TMZ received reportedly contained "an constituent of ‘or else'."

The enactment lists 2 deadlines, the second of which TMZ said is "much much serious." The archetypal deadline was 5 p.m. Thursday, the FBI confirmed. The 2nd deadline is Monday.

Australian-born presenter Savannah Guthrie poses alongside parent Nancy Guthrie during a accumulation interruption portion hosting NBC's "Today" unrecorded from Australia astatine the Sydney Opera House May 4, 2015, successful Sydney. (Don Arnold/WireImage; Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)

"TMZ Live" hosts Harvey Levin and Charles Latibeaudiere said the alleged ransom enactment was sent to their newsroom and lists demands that alteration with each deadline. The hosts noted thing is "triggered" astatine each clip limit. 

Though TMZ did not specify what was successful the letter, the outlet reported the 2nd deadline is "much much serious." The Guthrie household posted a video connected societal media Wednesday afternoon, astir 24 hours earlier the archetypal deadline, pleading with captors to pass with them and guarantee Nancy Guthrie's harmless return.

In addition, a California antheral is facing transgression charges aft allegedly demanding bitcoin payments from the Guthrie family. Derrick Callella, 42, a nonmigratory of the Los Angeles suburb of Hawthorne, is charged with transmitting a ransom request related to a kidnapped idiosyncratic and anonymous interstate communications intended to harass oregon threaten.

Court documents allege a Tucson TV presumption received a ransom request via its online extremity portal connected Monday requesting outgo successful bitcoin. After the household released a nationalist plea video connected Wednesday, Guthrie's girl and son-in-law each received texts demanding confirmation of payment, according to the transgression complaint.

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Authorities assertion the texts were traced to an email relationship belonging to Callella, and IP code records showed they were sent from his house. He allegedly admitted to investigators that helium sent the texts and called the household to travel up, prompting authorities to get an apprehension warrant. 

The earlier ransom enactment sent to the TV presumption has not been straight linked to the texts, according to tribunal documents. Fox News Digital has reached retired to the FBI and the Scottsdale Police Department. 

Fox News Digital's Adam Sabes and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.