Michael K. Williams: Last News

Westerns, by nature, usually find themselves set in isolated parts of the United States with a limited cast and set that allows dialogue to do the heavy lifting as much as the characters speaking those lines. With any luck, a talented group of actors will help to elevate both elements to a level beyond what could be considered a stage play with cowboy hats and revolvers.

star Michael K. Williams, which resulted in the actor's 2021 death, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Irvin Cartagena, 40, who also goes by the name «Green Eyes,» previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and fentanyl analogue, according to an April news release from the U.S.

Michael K. Williams has been sentenced to prison.Cartagena was sentenced to 10 years in prison last Friday (August 18), per an official document from the United States Attorney’s Office.

The Wire star Michael K. Williams was sentenced to 30 months in prison, according to. On Tuesday, Carlos Macci was among four men arrested on drug trafficking charges tied to the death of Williams.

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.

 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.

Jurnee Smollett is remembering her close friend and former co-star, Michael K. Williams, on the first anniversary of his death. The  star died of an accidental drug overdose last year. «I really thought I'd get through this day fine.

an accidental overdose last September at 54 — made the startling admission in a memoir written prior to his passing. The tome, “Scenes From My Life,” is set to be published later this month.In an excerpt obtained by Daily Mail, Williams recalls being invited to attend an event in Harrisburg, Virginia, by Obama — who has famously declared that “The Wire” is his favorite show. However, when he arrived at the event, Williams was so high on cocaine that he had lockjaw and was unable to speak properly.“I couldn’t even put my words together,” he writes in the memoir.

When John Boyega and Michael K. Williams filmed “Breaking” together last summer, neither knew it would be one of Williams’ final onscreen roles.

John Boyega is looking back on his time acting alongside the late, Michael K. Williams, who died of an accidental drug overdose last year. ET's Kevin Frazier spoke to Boyega on the red carpet at the 2022 ESPY Awards Wednesday night, where he is presenting alongside Lil Wayne, about the new trailer for Williams' latest posthumous film, .«Incredible,» Boyega said when asked what it was like to work with Williams.

Michael K. Williams entered the entertainment industry—but it was his portrayal of a freelance stickup man in Baltimore that made him a star of historic and narrative-shifting proportions. As many have long professed, there is more than one way to be gay.

Michael K. Williams' nephew, Dominic Dupont, is opening about the devastating moment he found his uncle, dead of a drug overdose, in his Brooklyn apartment back last September. Just weeks later, the New York City chief medical examiner disclosed that the actor's death was ruled accidental after, according to multiple reports, he ingested heroin and cocaine that was laced with fentanyl.On the latest episode of , Dupont joins Jada Pinkett Smith, Adrienne «Gammy» Banfield Norris, and Willow Smith to share his story for the first time, and discuss the dangers of fentanyl-laced drugs.Dupont says that he hadn’t heard from actor on that September day when he decided to go to his house to check on him.«I went upstairs, opened up his door, it was quiet. Michael always played music.

actor Michael K. Williams.

Michael K. Williams, federal authorities announced on Wednesday.According to the U.S.

who died in September at age 54, is the best part of the new movie “892” — the “Wire” actor’s final film role.The edgy Williams is perfection as a crisis negotiator during a dangerous standoff. As his character Eli attempts to diffuse a hostage situation, he is measured, conversational and, most vitally, believable.

On July 7, 2017, former Marine Brian Brown-Easley, dressed in a grey hoodie, brandishing a bruised cheek underneath his glasses, walked into an Atlanta area Wells Fargo bank claiming to possess a bomb. Politely he allowed the majority of the bank’s customers and employees to leave, except for two.

Michael K. Williams' final documentary project is making its debut.

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Michael K. Williams' cause of death was disclosed on Friday by New York City's chief medical examiner.

found dead in his Brooklyn penthouse on Sept. 6.The results of the examiner’s investigation into his cause of death were obtained through a request by The Post under New York State’s Freedom of Information Law.“Having released this determination, (the office) will not comment further on the investigation,” spokeswoman Julie Bolcer said on Friday.The five-time Emmy nominee was discovered face down in the dining room of his luxury pad on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg with what appeared to be heroin on the kitchen table, sources said.He had been scheduled to appear at an event two days earlier, but never showed up.

Tobias Menzies is paying tribute to Michael K. Williams.