New: A man connected with the overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison and and three years on supervised release.
across the country. In court, they also suggested that time in prison could help Macci to kick his own drug addiction.
Probation officers requested an even longer 10-year sentence, according to court records. Macci’s defense attorney asked for the time he has already served in jail to count as his full sentence, meaning that he wouldn’t have to spend any more time behind bars.Macci is in his 70s, has cognitive impairments and is addicted to drugs, according to a sentencing memorandum his defense attorney submitted to the judge.
Macci was abandoned by his teenage mother after his father died in a car accident when he was a baby, the memo states, and his grandmother raised him in a small house with 30 relatives. After she died, according to the memo, Macci moved to New York City in 1971 and worked at a fabric dyeing factory for about seven years. He started selling drugs when the factory shut down.
“I got laid off and I needed money, so that’s how I started selling drugs,” he said. “I saw people selling drugs in my block all the time. They were doing well, and I asked one of them if I could help him selling. It was easy money.”
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