NEW YORK — Actor Michael K. Williams’ tragic overdose death last year resulted from a narcotics conspiracy carried out by callous drug dealers who knew they were peddling a deadly product, officials said Wednesday.
Four people were charged in Manhattan Federal Court in the death of the popular “The Wire” actor, who died in September from a deadly mix of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine.
Among those arrested on federal charges of participating in a narcotics conspiracy was Irvin Cartagena, 39, a Brooklyn man accused of selling to Williams the deadly dose of fentanyl-laced heroin.