                                        {"id":3441,"date":"2026-07-31T05:07:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2026-07-31T05:07:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:07:29","slug":"men-detained-in-guthrie-investigation-file-notice-of-claim-against-pima-county-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3441","title":{"rendered":"Men detained in Guthrie investigation file notice of claim against Pima County sheriff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><p>Lawyers for two Arizona men detained during the search for Nancy Guthrie, as well as the mother of one of the men, have issued a notice of claim against the Pima County sheriff and a detective. <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3437\">American Mallory Geis is among 10 climbers missing on a Pakistan peak<\/a><\/p><p>The notice of claim, which is a precursor to a possible lawsuit, is addressed to Sheriff Chris Nanos and a detective. It alleges wrongful arrest and property damage. <\/p><div><\/div><p>Carlos Palazuelos, one of the men named in the claim, was detained Feb. 10 for questioning and released later without any charges as authorities searched for who kidnapped Guthrie, the mother of \u201cTODAY\u201d co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, earlier that month.<\/p><p>The same day, the other man, Daniel Maddox, was placed in handcuffs at the home that was searched and held for several hours, the notice says. It also names his mother, who owns the home and alleges damage to the property. <\/p><p>The notice, dated Monday and obtained by NBC affiliate KVOA of Tucson, says that deputies \u201carrested Carlos at gunpoint and held him without probable cause for approximately seven to eight hours\u201d and that the arrest was made in a public fashion.<\/p><section><div><div><div><div><\/div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3440\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c362720176488af1069aca8144ed0e3a.webp\" width=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c362720176488af1069aca8144ed0e3a.webp 760w, https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c362720176488af1069aca8144ed0e3a-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<div><div><div><div><svg><\/svg><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><div><div><div><svg><\/svg><\/div><div><ul><li><\/li><li><\/li><li><\/li><li><button><\/button><div><\/div><\/li><li><\/li><li><span>Add NBC News to Google<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div><div>Nancy Guthrie investigation pursuing &#8216;every credible lead,&#8217; says Pima County Sheriff&#8217;s Department<\/div><div><span>03:00<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><p>The notice of claim, which KVOA reported has been filed, says that Palazuelos is innocent and that his home was \u201cransacked.\u201d It alleges physical, emotional and reputational harm. <\/p><div><\/div><p>It also says that Nanos posted on social media that a person had been arrested and that \u201cthe subject is currently being questioned in connection to the Nancy Guthrie investigation.\u201d That post, in conjunction with statements from the sheriff\u2019s office, made Palazuelos look like a suspect to the world, the notice says.<\/p><p>\u201cDespite requests by undersigned counsel, Sheriff Nanos and the PCSD have refused to retract their statements or to make clear that Carlos is innocent and had no involvement in the Guthrie case,\u201d the notice says.<\/p><p>A man who identified himself as Palazuelos, a delivery driver, spoke to Telemundo outside the home in Rio Rico, around 60 miles south of Tucson, in connection with the still-unsolved case. He told Telemundo at the time that he was not involved.<\/p><p>The notice says Daniel Maddox\u2019s detention in his home \u201cwas wrongful and has caused him significant physical, mental, and emotional pain and suffering.\u201d It says men in military gear pointed guns at him and told him to lie on the ground in the hallway of his home when he left his room to investigate a loud noise. Maddox was held \u201cunder guard\u201d at a van for several hours, the notice says. <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3435\">Coal mine blast in Pakistan kills at least 32 miners and traps 10 others<\/a><\/p><p>The home is owned by Maddox\u2019s mother, Josefina Maddox, who is also named in the notice.<\/p><p>The sheriff\u2019s department did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the notice. An emailed message seeking comment was also sent to the county government.<\/p><div><\/div><p>The lawyers wrote in the notice that they were offering to settle the claims relating to Palazuelos for $2.5 million. It also offers to settle the claims relating to Daniel Maddox for $500,000 and Josefina Maddox for $250,000.<\/p><p>In addition to Nanos and the detective, it lists the county and the sheriff\u2019s department as subject to possible future claims.<\/p><p>Nancy Guthrie, 84, went missing from her home near Tucson early Feb. 1. The FBI has said her disappearance is being investigated as a kidnapping for ransom.<\/p><p>Nanos, the sheriff, said this week that the case is still active and that \u201cwe\u2019re working this as hard as we can.\u201d<\/p><p>The sheriff\u2019s office said in a statement Thursday: \u201cThe analysis of DNA and digital evidence has been underway for the past six months. This work is complex and time-intensive, but investigators continue to pursue every credible lead.\u201d<\/p><p>Savannah Guthrie on Monday released a video in which she appeared to be addressing the person or people responsible for her mother\u2019s disappearance, pleading for answers.<\/p><div><\/div><p>\u201cOur family is in agony,\u201d Guthrie said. <\/p><p>\u201cThe world can be a cruel and unforgiving place, and I know that you have tried to do things the right way. So I\u2019m asking you, begging you, to do the right thing now,\u201d she said. \u201cMake the right choice. Help us find her. Tell us where to look for her.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3433\">Child soldiers recount horrors of Sudan\u2019s war and presence of Colombian mercenaries<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The notice comes more than five months after Carlos Palazuelos and Daniel Maddox were detained for several hours in the search for Nancy Guthrie\u2019s kidnapper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Men detained in Guthrie investigation file notice of claim against Pima County sheriff - Trusted Moving Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3441\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Men detained in Guthrie investigation file notice of claim against Pima County sheriff - 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