Credit: Bucks County District Attorney’s Office
A New Jersey man has been found guilty during a bench trial of selling the drugs that killed a Falls Township woman.
Terrence L. Ridley, 25, of Trenton, was convicted by Senior Judge Clyde Waite Thursday on charges of drug delivery resulting in death, drug delivery, involuntary manslaughter, related conspiracy counts, and related offenses, according to the Bucks County District Attorney’s office.
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Ridley was charged in relation to the March 2018 overdose death of Amanda Risko, 24. The woman was found inside her home in the 100 block of Taylor Drive in the Fallsington section of Falls Township. An autopsy revealed she had a mix of combination of fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, hydroxyzine, and cocaine in her system.
Authorities said Ridley sold the heroin with fentanyl and crack cocaine that was purchased by an acquaintance who provided it to Risko and a male friend before her death.
Risko had recently been in rehab before using the drugs with her male friend. The friend went to work and return to find the 24-year-old woman dead, which led him to attempt to kill himself.
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Ronald Filderman, 57, and Michael Santangelo, 28, are also facing charges as a result of the investigation by Falls Township police and Bucks County Detectives Drug Strike Force into Risko’s death. Their cases are ongoing.
Risko, according to her obituary, was born in Bristol Township and graduated from Pennsbury High School. She spent time enjoying summers in Cape Cod and she was passionate about music.
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Ridley’s sentencing was deferred by the judge and he was sent to the county prison until that time.
