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Authorities in Arizona apprehended a 34-year-old individual late Thursday night outside the residence of Nancy Guthrie, who vanished earlier this month, as confirmed by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department to Fox News Digital.
Antonio De Jesus Pena-Campos, aged 34, was taken into custody just before 8:00 p.m. on Thursday in front of Guthrie’s home. He faces misdemeanor charges related to DUI, according to the department.
The sheriff’s department emphasized that this arrest is not connected to the ongoing investigation into Guthrie’s disappearance.
Late Thursday night, deputies from Pima County halted a blue Chevrolet Equinox compact SUV near Guthrie’s Tucson residence. A man was subsequently detained following what seemed to be field sobriety evaluations. (Fox News)
Video footage from the site captures deputies directing a flashlight into the driver’s side of the blue Chevrolet Equinox parked close to the location where Guthrie was last observed on February 1.
Moments later, deputies are seen speaking with Pena-Campos near a white canopy tent set up along the roadside as a deputy shines a flashlight toward the man’s face.
In another scene, Pena-Campos is seen walking in a straight line in what appears to be part of a field sobriety test. In subsequent footage, he is placed in the back of a sheriff’s pickup truck.
The detention unfolded as investigators continue searching for Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie, who was reported missing Feb. 1 after authorities said she was taken during a home invasion. Investigators have said her pacemaker last synced with her iPhone around 2:30 a.m. that morning.
Her family has since offered a $1 million reward for information leading to her safe return as authorities continue to pursue leads.
A deputy shines a flashlight toward a man’s face during what appears to be field sobriety testing outside Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson home late Thursday night. The man was later taken into custody. (Fox News)
The development comes as a Catalina Foothills resident’s street-facing Ring camera captured 12 vehicles passing by between midnight and 6 a.m. on Feb. 1 — the morning Guthrie is believed to have been abducted.
Some of the activity occurred around the 2:30 a.m. mark, roughly when authorities said the 84-year-old’s pacemaker last synced with her iPhone.
A man walks in a straight line under the direction of deputies during what appears to be field sobriety testing outside Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson home late Thursday night. (Fox News)
Homeowners Elias and Danielle Stratigouleas told Fox News Digital that police had not canvassed their neighborhood in the 25 days since Guthrie was allegedly taken from her bed in what authorities have described as a home invasion kidnapping.
The couple said they alerted both the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department to the footage. It was not immediately clear whether the video would prove useful to investigators or whether any of the vehicles had traveled on Guthrie’s street.
Pima County sheriff’s deputies speak with a man near a white canopy tent set up along the roadside outside Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson home late Thursday night. (Fox News)
The Stratigouleas home sits on a back road that leads out of Guthrie’s neighborhood and avoids major intersections. The property is approximately 2.5 miles — or about a seven-minute drive — from the crime scene, according to Google Maps.
One of the videos was recorded at approximately 2:36 a.m., roughly eight minutes after Guthrie’s pacemaker last synced with her iPhone, based on the sheriff’s timeline.
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