Nancy Guthrie Update: Pima County Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested for Kidnapping Charge
What To Know
- Pima County Sheriff’s deputy Travis Reynolds was arrested, charged with kidnapping, and fired.
- According to the complaint and partial video evidence, Reynolds made inappropriate comments, showed explicit videos, and delayed jail processing.
- This arrest occurred amid the ongoing search for Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie’s mother, who remains missing after her February abduction in Tucson.
In the latest update involving Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie‘s mother, Nancy Guthrie, a Pima County Sheriff’s deputy was recently arrested — and subsequently fired — for a kidnapping charge in Arizona.
On Thursday, March 26, the Tucson Police Department arrested Travis Reynolds, 22, KOLD reported. He appeared in court on Friday, March 27, and the judge set his bond at $200,000. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD) confirmed that Reynolds was fired after his arrest.
During the March 27 hearing, the state alleged that Reynolds was on duty and transporting a woman to the Pima County Jail when the incident happened. He allegedly called her “hot,” and after they shared a vape pen while she was in handcuffs, he allegedly told the woman that he “could help with her case.” Additionally, Reynolds allegedly “explained he would not go to court. He also stated they could go to a hotel and have sex.”
The complaint claimed that Reynolds also showed her “sexually explicit videos” — and when she asked to be taken inside the jail, he allegedly refused. According to the complaint, the victim said that she “had never been arrested before and did not know the procedural steps, and was unsure what was taking so long.” She also said that she “saw multiple officers coming and going with their arrestees, and she was wondering why she was still in the vehicle.”
Eventually, the victim said Reynolds got her out of the vehicle and told her to show him her breasts. She reportedly lifted her shirt to show her bra, at which point Reynolds “removed her from the vehicle and brought her inside the jail.”
Reportedly, video surveillance from the Pima County Jail confirmed parts of the victim’s account. Reynolds stated that he may or may not have” talked about having sex with the woman and showed her the “sexually explicit” videos. His next court date is on April 6.
Reynolds’ arrest came as the PCSD and the FBI continue their search for Nancy, 84, after she was abducted from her Tucson home on February 1. As of writing, no suspect has been named in the case.
In the comments of an X post about the arrest, one user pointed out, “This could seriously impact the investigation into Nancy Guthrie’s abduction. Hope justice is served and the investigation stays transparent.”
Another X user shared, “1 or more have been compromised in Pima Department. Time for The FBI to take over.”
Someone else commented, “If a deputy can face kidnapping charges, how can we trust the department to handle Nancy Guthrie’s case fairly? Who’s really watching the watchmen here?”
What do you think of the arrest?
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How about deceitful headline. Pandering for ppl to read article...
Has nothing to do with Guthrie case...
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This is a bunch of crap! You keep saying everything about Nancy Guthrie, except what is ˋREALLYˋ happening. Everyone (!!!!!!!) would love to know what has happenened to that poor women, and all we get a bunch of crap!! When and if they find out what has happened to that poor, blessed woman, PLEASE let the people of the U.S: and everywhere let know what it is. WE (as in the U.S: and most of the world have worried about her and her family and of course, Savannah, not that we would worry less about any other person who had been taken in that way.
Please, Bless Savannah and her family and what they are going through….
M. McLendon
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Ive never understood why the fbi didn't take control of this case from the get go.
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Have you read much about Kash Patel?
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And these are the people in charge of THE GUTHRIE CASE❓❓❓
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I know its ridiculous, the way that the Pima county sheriff's office has handled this case has been a s**t show, 2 months and no leads and still the sheriff is turning down all the help that different agencies were willing to help this case. He just simply needs to put his ego aside and resign and also let the fbi take over the case.
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I think it's high~time to 'drain the', proverbial, 'swamp', as this existing team has clearly demonstrated to a slackjawed long~suffering & frustratingly belaboured watching audience their 'absolute incompetency' that 'without a whatsoever shred of reasonable doubt' that the time for some new eyes taking over this almost kangaroo court sensation of an investigation that has become known as, 'The Nancy Guthrie Story'.
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The 'swamp' is the media sensationalizing every story to the extent of false and misleading. .
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I think you sensationalizers will stop at nothing to get readers. I'm sorry I wasted my time AGAIN! You should be ashamed.
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I hate how the news has been using the Guthrie case to gain followers and readers smh....this impacts the whole county not just the case...I would have read this article even with out the deceitful headline because that could be me or my family or anybody specially woman in danger...in the hands of someone we are supposed to trust
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These deceitful head lines make people not want to open these clips. There fore Make all of America stop caring and forgetting about Nancy. And other stories.
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