NYC dealer who sold heroin that killed ‘The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams sentenced to 10 years in prison

The Brooklyn drug supplier who bought the fentanyl-laced heroin that killed “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams was sentenced to 10 years in jail Friday.

Irvin Cartagena, 40, a okay a “Inexperienced Eyes,” was captured in surveillance digital camera footage handing the medicine to Williams the day earlier than the star was discovered useless in his luxurious Williamsburg penthouse Sept. 6  2021, in accordance with prosecutors.

“Michael Ok. Williams tragically misplaced his life after utilizing the medicine bought to him by Cartagena.  Though their product had already claimed one life, Cartagena and his co-conspirators continued to promote probably deadly fentanyl-laced heroin,” the US Legal professional’s workplace for the Southern District of New York mentioned in a press release.

Cartagena pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and fentanyl analogue — one other type of artificial opioid — in April, the US Legal professional’s workplace mentioned.

Manhattan federal Choose Ronnie Abrams handed down the jail sentence together with 5 years of supervised launch.   

Cartagena initially fled to Puerto Rico, the place he was arrested February 2022.

He was a part of a crew of 4 sellers who had been charged over Williams’ loss of life and had bought their illicit wares to prospects on the streets of Williamsburg between not less than August 2020 and February 2022.

All 4 males have taken responsible pleas, together with Carlos Macci, 71, who was sentenced to 2.5 years behind bars in July.

Macci acquired the lenient sentence July 25 after the co-creator of the “The Wire,” David Simon, requested Manhattan federal Choose Ronnie Abrams to indicate him mercy.

Earlier that month, Simon requested Abrams to go straightforward on Macci as a result of Williams “bears the fuller accountability” — whereas noting the actor’s opposition to mass incarceration and the failed conflict on medicine.

The Emmy-nominated actor was famend for his portrayal of a stickup child Omar Little on the HBO collection “The Wire.”