Christopher Ferrante News Today

Christopher Ferrante, 43, was sentenced Wednesday and will serve 5-10 years in a State Correction Facility.

The Democrat who defeated Houck in the primary is now the frontrunner for the DA position.

Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 25 at 11 a.m.

Jury selection and opening statements were held Monday in the trial of Christopher Ferrante.

PEN ARGYL, Pa. - The man who allegedly dealt the drugs involved in a former state champion wrestlers death will have his day in court.

Christopher Ferrante allegedly provided the fentanyl that killed Michael “Mikey” Racciato.

An appeals court upholds Northampton County Judge John Morganelli's decision to deny a delay requested by the district attorney's office.

Incumbent Terry Houck is seeking his second four-year term. He faces former Northampton County Judge Stephen Baratta in the Democratic primary.

Stephen Baratta was permitted 35 minutes in his opening salvo at the event that also featured incumbent Terry Houck.

Dealer’s dealer charged in drug death of former Pen Argyl wrestling great, authorities say Updated May 03, 2021; Such a charge remains rare in Northampton County. On Friday, Jerry Suarez Gutierrez, 38, of the 300 block of North Eighth Street in Allentown, was charged with selling the fentanyl to Ferrante that would kill Racciato, the Northampton County District Attorney’s Office reports. Taking the charge to the second level in a Northampton County drug death investigation may be unique to...