Drug dealer who sold Michael K. Williams deadly mix of heroin and fentanyl is sentenced to 30 months in prison
- Carlos Macci, 71, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months behind bars for selling actor Michael K Williams a deadly mix of heroin and fentanyl
- The actor died in September 2021 after taking the deadly concoction
- Macci had pleaded guilty to narcotics conspiracy in April, as have his accomplices Irvin Caragena, Luiz Cruz and Hector Robles
A drug dealer who was part of a gang that sold The Wire actor Michael K. Williams a deadly mix of heroin and fentanyl has been sentenced to 30 months behind bars.
Federal Judge Ronnie Abrams handed down the sentence Tuesday for Carlos Macci, 71, who pleaded guilty to narcotics conspiracy in federal court in April.
Macci was a member of a gang that sold Williams ‘fentanyl-laced heroin’ on September 5, 2021, which the actor died from taking. He was 54 years old.
His accomplices, Irvin Caragena, Luiz Cruz and Hector Robles have also pleaded guilty in the deadly drug deal, and The Wire co-creator David Simon has begged for leniency in Macci’s case.
But on Tuesday, Abrams told the elderly convict: ‘Selling drugs like heroin and fentanyl not only cost Mr. Williams his life, but is costing you your freedom.’
The Wire actor Michael K. Williams died from a fatal overdose in September 2021
Macci’s attorney argued in court on Tuesday that he had been trapped in a cycle of drug addiction for decades.
Benjamin Zemen claimed that another prison sentence ‘will not help Mr. Macci, it will not help Mr. Williams and it certainly will not prevent the next overdose.’
But US attorney Micah Fergenson pointed out that Macci had served time for his last four offenses — and continued to use and sell drugs.
He argued that time in prison could be ‘beneficial’ to Macci by keeping him away from drugs, Vice reports.
Abrams said she agreed with arguments on both sides, making the sentencing ‘especially hard.’
Still, she said, ‘after heroin-laced fentanyl killed Williams, Macci continued selling heroin laced with fentanyl.’
Following his time in prison, Abrams ruled, Macci will have three years of supervised release, including one year in an in-patient rehab.
