A 71-year-old old drug dealer linked to the overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams was sentenced to 30 months in prison in a New York courtroom on Tuesday.
Carlos Macci was part of a drug dealing organization blamed in the "Wire" actor’s fatal overdose from fentanyl-laced heroin.
Williams was found dead inside his Brooklyn penthouse apartment in September 2021. He was 54. While the prosecution had sought at least a four-year sentence, Williams’ nephew and David Simon, the co-creator of "The Wire," both sought leniency for Macci, citing his addiction struggles.
He could have faced up to nearly 20 years based on federal sentencing guidelines. "It weighs heavy on me to see someone be in a situation he's in," Williams' nephew Dominic Dupont said. "I understand what it is to be system impacted." In a letter written by Simon calling for leniency for Macci, he noted Williams’ opposition to mass incarceration and the drug war and said the actor had been active with criminal reform groups. "I miss my friend," Simon wrote in the letter, adding that Williams’ had acknowledged his struggles with addiction during the show's 2002 to 2008 run.
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