Feb 9, 2021
An arrest has been made in the overdose death of three-time PIAA wrestling champion Michael Racciato. Northampton County DA Terry Houck says 41-year-old Christopher Ferrante sold Racciato the fentanyl that killed the 26-year-old Pen Argyl graduate. The simple fact is if you are involved in a drug deal with a person that results in their death then you are legally responsible for that specific crime. It s a homicide charge. It s serious, It s a felony in the first degree, Houck says. The DA says Racciato overdosed on Christmas Eve, but survived. Ferrante picked him up at the hospital and then sold him more fentanyl that eventually killed Racciato, whose body was found Christmas Day inside his vehicle outside the Towne Place Hotel in Lower Nazareth Township. Ferrante is in Northampton County Prison under $250,000 bail.
Arrest made in fatal overdose of standout Pa. wrestler, DA says
Updated Feb 09, 2021;
Posted Feb 09, 2021
Pen Argyl s Mikey Racciato leaps into the arms of assistant coach Jason Grim after winning his second PIAA 2A state championship.
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Christopher Ferrante, 41, faces drug delivery resulting in death and related charges stemming from Racciato’s death.
Northampton County prosecutors allege Ferrante sold Racciato fentanyl twice the night he died.
After the first sale, Racciato overdosed and was taken to the hospital. Ferrante picked up Racciato from the hospital, and sold him more fentanyl, which would ultimately kill him, prosecutors said.
The 26-year-old Slate Belt wrestling star arranged to buy more drugs from a 41-year-old dealer after an overdose scare on Dec. 24, authorities said. He was found dead by police on Christmas morning.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington D.C., Feb. 1, 2021
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three individuals with defrauding hundreds of retail investors out of more than $11 million through two fraudulent and unregistered digital asset securities offerings.
According to the SEC s complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, from approximately December 2017 through May 2018, Kristijan Krstic, founder of Start Options and Bitcoiin2Gen, and John DeMarr, the primary U.S.-based promoter for these companies, fraudulently induced investors to buy digital asset securities. The SEC alleges that, from approximately December 2017 through late January 2018, Krstic and DeMarr touted Start Options purported digital asset mining and trading platform. According to the complaint, they falsely claimed Start Options was the largest Bitcoin exchange in euro volume and liquidity and consistently rated the best and most secure