Four people are arrested for supplying drugs to Michael K. Williams

BREAKING: Four people are arrested for supplying drugs to actor Michael K. Williams who overdosed on fentanyl-laced heroin in his NYC apartment

  • Four people have been arrested in connection to the death of actor Michael K. Williams

Four people have been arrested in connection to the death of actor Michael K. Williams, who overdosed last September on fentanyl-laced heroin inside his New York City Apartment. 

Manhattan federal prosecutors announced the arrests on Wednesday, naming Irvin Cartagena, 39, of Brooklyn, as the man who allegedly sold the drugs to Williams, 54. Cartagena was arrested in Puerto Rico.  

Three alleged co-conspirators, Hector Robles, 57, Luis Cruz, 56, and Carlos Macci, 70, all from Brooklyn, were also arrested on Tuesday in New York. 

New York Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell said she detectives have been working hard on the case since September in order to help bring justice to Williams and his family. 

‘As these federal charges show, the NYPD’s narcotics and precinct detectives in Brooklyn North lived this case, never relenting in their investigation until they could bring a measure of justice to Michael K. Williams and his family,’ Sewell said.  

Four people have been arrested in connection to the death of actor Michael K. Williams

Officials said the four men were part of a drug trafficking organizations since August 2020, operating in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. 

Their ring primarily focused on fentanyl and heroin-laced fentanyl as they sold the drugs inside an apartment, where Cartagena met up with Williams on September 5, 2021, to allegedly sell him the drugs. 

Video surveillance had captured the moment Cartagena handed off the drugs to Williams that day. 

All four men were charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl analogue, fentanyl, and heroin, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 40 years. 

Cartagena was also charged with causing the death of Williams, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison.  

 This is a developing story.

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