A New York City drug dealer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for providing “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death.
to drug trafficking charges and was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his participation in the illegal drug sale.
Michael K. Williams, best known for his role as Omar Little in “The Wire,” was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment. In a defense submission prior to sentencing, Cartagena's lawyer, Sean Maher, said his client was paid for his street sales in heroin to support his own use. “In a tragic instant, Mr. Cartagena was the one who handed the small packet of drugs to Mr. Williams — it easily could have been any of the other men who were there or in the vicinity selling the same drugs,” Maher wrote. “Sentencing Mr. Cartagena to double digits of prison time will not bring back the beautiful life that was lost.”
Prosecutors in a presentence submission had requested a sentence of at least 12 years while the court's Probation Department had recommended a 20-year term after citing Cartagena's 14 prior convictions for drug-related crimes, including burglary, robbery and prison escape.“This sentence, while severe, is sufficient but not greater than necessary,” she said.
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