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Prison News, Dealer gets 10 years in death of Michael K. Williams


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NEW YORK - An NYC drug dealer received a 10-year prison term on Friday for providing fentanyl-laced heroin to actor Michael K. Williams of "The Wire," leading to his death. Irvin Cartagena, 40, from Aibonito, Puerto Rico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams after pleading guilty in April to drug distribution conspiracy charges. The tragic incident unfolded in September 2021 when Williams fatally overdosed in his Brooklyn penthouse. Hours before his passing, he had purchased the lethal heroin from Cartagena during a sidewalk transaction captured on a security camera in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood.
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