Derrick Callella of Hawthorne, California, has been charged with transmitting a ransom demand related to a kidnapped person, and anonymous interstate communications intended to harass or threaten.
Mayes, who was elected in 2022, made the remarks as immigration enforcement activity expands in Arizona. She also pledged to prosecute any ICE agent who violates state law.
His withdrawal came after questions surfaced about suspicious signatures on his paperwork — allegations he initially dismissed as a partisan “coordinated attack."
Authorities said the 2-year-old girl died on July 9 after being left in a car outside the family’s home for about three hours as temperatures reached 109 degrees.