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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Drug dealer in crew blamed for actor Michael K. Williams' overdose death gets 5 years in prison

2020 Invision

A member of a New York City drug-dealing crew blamed for the fentanyl-laced heroin death of actor Michael K. Williams was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison.

Luis Cruz was the third of four defendants to be sentenced in connection with the drugs linked to the death of Williams, who overdosed in his Brooklyn penthouse apartment in September 2021. He died four hours after authorities said he bought the heroin from another member of the crew.

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