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.