Drug Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years for Selling Fatal Drugs to "The Wire" Actor Michael K. Williams

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A New York City drug dealer, Irvin Cartagena, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for providing fentanyl-laced heroin to actor Michael K. Williams, known for his role in "The Wire," which resulted in Williams' death. Cartagena pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute drugs and admitted that some of the drugs he sold led to Williams' overdose. Williams purchased the drugs from Cartagena on a Brooklyn sidewalk, and the transaction was recorded by a security camera. Cartagena faced a minimum of five years in prison and could have received up to 40 years.
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