The Brooklyn drug seller 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 ok a “Inexperienced Eyes,” was captured in surveillance digicam footage handing the medication to Williams the day earlier than the star was discovered useless in his luxurious Williamsburg penthouse Sept. 6 2021, in response to prosecutors.
“Michael Okay. Williams tragically misplaced his life after utilizing the medication bought to him by Cartagena. Though their product had already claimed one life, Cartagena and his co-conspirators continued to promote doubtlessly deadly fentanyl-laced heroin,” the US Lawyer’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 Lawyer’s workplace mentioned.
Manhattan federal Decide 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’ demise and had bought their illicit wares to clients on the streets of Williamsburg between at the very least 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 Decide Ronnie Abrams to point out 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 medication.
The Emmy-nominated actor was famend for his portrayal of a stickup child Omar Little on the HBO collection “The Wire.”
