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star Michael K. Williams pleaded guilty Wednesday to multiple drug charges, the Justice Department announced. Irvin Cartagena, 39, who also goes by the name «Green Eyes,» pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and fentanyl analogue, according to a news release from the U.S. District Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
As part of a plea deal, Cartagena agreed that some of the drugs he sold resulted in the death of Williams. On Sept. 6, 2021, Williams was found dead at the age of 54 in his home in Brooklyn, New York. One day prior to his death, on Sept.
5, Williams directly purchased heroin laced with fentanyl from Cartagena in a «hand-to-hand transaction,» prosecutors said. «Irvin Cartagena sold fentanyl-laced heroin in broad daylight in New York City, feeding addiction and causing tragedy,» U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement.
«In doing so, he dealt the fatal dose that killed Michael K. Williams.»Cartagena was a member of a Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) which operated in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg between August 2020 and February 2022, according to prosecutors. «Despite knowing that Williams died after being sold the DTO's product, Cartagena and his co-conspirators continued to sell fentanyl-laced heroin in broad daylight amidst residential apartment buildings in Brooklyn and Manhattan,» prosecutors said. In February of 2022, Cartagena and three other men were arrested in connection to Williams' death. Cartagena faces a sentence of anywhere from five to 40 years in prison, the attorney's office said. Williams, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, won critical acclaim for portraying the shotgun-wielding robber Omar Little on «The Wire»
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EXCLUSIVE: MVD Entertainment Group has claimed North American rights to the darkly comedic thriller Wrong Reasons, marking the feature debut of writer-director Josh Roush. The film, executive produced by and featuring Kevin Smith (Clerks III, Red State), is slated for release on digital, VOD, Blu-ray and DVD on August 15.
John Mulaney is recalling an intervention he had right before entering a rehab facility in 2020. On Tuesday, Mulaney was a guest on "This Past Weekend with Theo Von" and detailed the intervention. "I remember I walked into my intervention.
misdemeanor petty theft for stealing $854 worth of comic books on Oct. 4, 2022, a spokesperson for the San Diego City Attorney’s Office told The Post Thursday.Buffer, 55, must pay back Southern California Comics the value stolen and stay away from the store, the city attorney’s office said.He was sentenced to one day in custody, where he will report to jail to be booked and released, and serve one year of probation.He must also serve 12 hours of community service and take an anti-theft course.Jamie Newbold, the owner of Southern California Comics, told The Post he was happy to see the case behind him.“This man stressed me out, stressed out my employees, we remained stressed out,” Newbold said.
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Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Dark Side of the Ring” Season 4 has set its premiere date at Vice TV. The fourth season of the popular pro wrestling docuseries, which will consist of 10 episodes, will debut on May 30 at 10 p.m. ET. “We’re incredibly grateful to our viewers for giving this show the life that it has had for the past 4 years,” said executive producers Evan Husney and Jason Eisener. “As lifelong fans of professional wrestling, our subjects continue to inspire us. There are so many fascinating and compelling stories left to tell and it’s a privilege to share more of them in our fourth season.”
Pop Smoke.According to the, the defendant entered the guilty plea in juvenile court on Thursday, with the outlet reporting the defendant admitted to entering a mansion in the Hollywood hills as a teenager with the intention of robbing Pop Smoke, who was fatally shot. The home where the shooting occurred was owned by star Teddi Mellencamp, daughter of musician John Mellencamp.Following his guilty plea, the defendant was sentenced to four years and two months in juvenile hall. The judge, however, warned the defendant he could remain in custody until he was 25.
Pop Smoke.The man, whose name was withheld because he was a 17-year-old minor at the time of the rapper’s death, also pleaded guilty in Inglewood juvenile court to home invasion robbery yesterday (April 6), reports the Associated Press.He was sentenced to four years and two months in a juvenile facility.According to the Los Angeles Times, the defendant was not given credit for the time he had already served at a juvenile detention centre since his arrest following Pop Smoke’s murder.Three more men – Corey Walker, Keandre Rodgers, and one man, whose name is being withheld because he was 15-years-old at the time of the shooting – still face charges of murder over the rapper, who was killed in his rented Hollywood Hills during a home-invasion robbery in February 2020. He was 20 years old.The group allegedly invaded the rapper’s Airbnb rental in Los Angeles with the aim of stealing his diamond-studded Rolex watch and Cuban link chain.
One of the four men charged in the death of Bashar Barakah Jackson a.k.a. Pop Smoke pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and home invasion robbery on Thursday (April 6), Billboard reports.
One of four men charged in the killing of rapper Pop Smoke during a robbery at a Hollywood Hills mansion pleaded guilty Thursday to voluntary manslaughter.
Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, which resulted in the actor’s death in 2021.Irvin Cartagena, also known as Green Eyes, sold the drug “in broad daylight in New York City, feeding addiction and causing tragedy”, lawyer Damien Williams told a Manhattan federal courtroom (via BBC News).The Wire star, who famously played the the role of Omar Little, was found dead at his Brooklyn penthouse apartment at the age of 54 after an overdose.“On or about September 5, 2021, members of the drug trafficking organisation sold Michael K Williams heroin, which was laced with fentanyl and a fentanyl analogue, with Cartagena executing the hand-to-hand transaction,” legal documents stated.Despite knowing that the product led to Williams’ death, Cartagena and his co-conspirators “continued to sell fentanyl-laced heroin in broad daylight amidst residential apartment buildings in Brooklyn and Manhattan”, the court was told.Cartagena, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess, with intent to distribute fentanyl analogue, fentanyl, and heroin.
A Brooklyn drug dealer pleaded guilty Wednesday to providing “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death.
A drug dealer who sold the deadly fentanyl-laced heroin packet to “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams pleaded guilty Wednesday in New York, according to multiple media reports.Irvin Cartagena was accused of selling the drugs to Williams on Sept.