{"id":55155,"date":"2023-04-06T11:30:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/06\/drug-dealer-pleads-guilty-over-michael-k-williams-death\/"},"modified":"2023-04-06T11:30:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:30:25","slug":"drug-dealer-pleads-guilty-over-michael-k-williams-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/06\/drug-dealer-pleads-guilty-over-michael-k-williams-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug dealer pleads guilty over Michael K. Williams&#8217; death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>A man has pleaded guilty in court to distributing the fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in the death of The Wire\u2019s Michael K Williams in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Irvin Cartagena, also known as Green Eyes, sold the drug \u201cin broad daylight in New York City, feeding addiction and causing tragedy\u201d, said lawyer Damien Williams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe dealt the fatal dose that killed Michael K Williams,\u201d the lawyer\u00a0told a Manhattan federal courtroom.<\/p>\n<p>The US actor\u00a0died aged 54 in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>It was later revealed his death was\u00a0caused by an accidental drug overdose.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img class=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/_129290686_vh_7mnqs.jpg\" alt=\"Police have obtained footage of the alleged drug deal\" title=\"Drug dealer pleads guilty over Michael K. Williams' death\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Police obtained footage of the alleged drug deal (DOJ)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOn or about September 5, 2021, members of the drug trafficking organisation sold Michael K Williams heroin, which was laced with fentanyl and a fentanyl analogue, with Cartagena executing the hand-to-hand transaction,\u201d documents stated.<\/p>\n<p>Despite knowing that Williams died after being sold the product, Cartagena and his co-conspirators \u201ccontinued to sell fentanyl-laced heroin in broad daylight amidst residential apartment buildings in Brooklyn and Manhattan\u201d, the court was told.<\/p>\n<p>Cartagena, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess, with intent to distribute fentanyl analogue, fentanyl, and heroin. As part of his guilty plea, the defendant said his actions \u201cresulted in the death of Michael K Williams\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison, the court papers added.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer Mr Williams said: \u201cThis office and our law enforcement partners will continue to hold accountable the dealers who push this poison, exploit addiction, and cause senseless death in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img class=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/_129291010_gettyimages-1325806830.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Kenneth Williams attends the BET Awards 2021 at Microsoft Theater on June 27, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.\" title=\"Drug dealer pleads guilty over Michael K. Williams' death\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael K Williams had openly discussed his struggles with drugs over the years (Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Williams had spoken previously about his drug use. His death saw an outpouring of emotion and tributes from a host of famous faces, including the film director Spike Lee, actress Viola Davis and author Stephen King, who described Williams as \u201cfantastically talented\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The HBO TV network, which aired 60 episodes of The Wire between 2002 and 2008, said they were \u201cdevastated\u201d by the news.<\/p>\n<p>Williams\u2019 complex portrayal of Omar Little, a gay, shotgun-toting robber of drug dealers, helped cement The Wire\u2019s game-changing depiction of life in the projects of Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p>Omar represented the duality of a black experience never before given such honest screen time, represented in his exchanges with Wendell Pierce\u2019s detective Bunk, a black school friend who reminded him of the different paths life afforded them.<\/p>\n<p>Interviewed together years before Williams\u2019 death, Pierce said his co-star\u2019s performance gave voice and flesh to characters \u201cthat most people would have never given the same humanity to\u2026 opening a window to a world of men that we pass by or don\u2019t know about\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has pleaded guilty in court to distributing the fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in the death of The Wire\u2019s Michael K Williams in 2021. Irvin Cartagena, also known as Green Eyes, sold the drug \u201cin broad daylight in New York City, feeding addiction and causing tragedy\u201d, said lawyer Damien Williams. \u201cHe dealt the fatal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Drug dealer pleads guilty over Michael K. 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