TUCSON, Ariz. — A 34-year-old man found himself in handcuffs late Thursday night outside the residence of Nancy Guthrie, who was reported missing earlier this month. This development was confirmed by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department to Fox News Digital.
Deputies apprehended Antonio De Jesus Pena-Campos shortly before 8 p.m. in front of Guthrie’s home. He faces charges of misdemeanor DUI, according to the sheriff’s department. Importantly, officials clarified that this arrest bears no connection to the ongoing investigation into Guthrie’s disappearance.
In a late-night operation near Guthrie’s Tucson residence, Pima County sheriff’s deputies stopped a blue Chevrolet Equinox compact SUV. This led to the arrest of Pena-Campos following what seemed to be a routine field sobriety test.
Video footage captured deputies illuminating the interior of the blue Chevrolet Equinox with a flashlight. This vehicle was parked conspicuously close to Guthrie’s last known location on February 1.
Subsequently, law enforcement officers engaged in conversation with Pena-Campos under a white canopy tent positioned by the roadside, with a deputy’s flashlight casting a stark glow on his face.
Moments later, deputies spoke with Pena-Campos near a white canopy tent set up along the roadside as a deputy shined a flashlight toward the man’s face.
In another sequence, Pena-Campos walks 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 man was detained 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 after 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 2½ 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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