A man from Brooklyn, New York has been sentenced to ten years in prison for selling fentanyl-laced heroin to Michael K. Williams (The Wire, Boardwalk Empire), according to CNN. The sentencing of the Brooklyn man was announced by the United States Attorney for the southern District of New York.

Another five year sentence was given to Irvin Cartagena of Puerto Rico for the supervised release for conspiring to distribute heroin, fentanyl and fentanyl analogue. This was stated during a new release this past Friday, according to CNN.

Part of the conspiracy is that Cartagena sold the fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in Williams’ death. United States attorney Damian Williams stated, “Michael K. Williams tragically lost his life after using the drugs sold to him by Cartagena. Although their product had already claimed one life, Cartagena and his co-conspirators continued to sell potentially lethal fentanyl-laced heroin.” Damian Williams continued by stating, “This office will tenaciously continue our enforcement efforts against unscrupulous drug dealers who distribute poison and exacerbate the scourge of the fentanyl epidemic.”

Cartagena is also known by the pseudonym “Green Eyes” and was charged as one of the four men that were allegedly a part of a drug-trafficking ring that sold the laced heroin to Williams.

In early April, Cartagena did plead guilty to one count of intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin and other drugs, according to CNN. Prosecutors have alleged that Cartagena was the individual who completed the “hand-to-hand transaction” with Williams just before he passed of the accidental overdose.

CNN states that “Cartagena and his co-conspirators continued to sell fentanyl-laced heroin in broad daylight amid residential apartment buildings in Brooklyn and Manhattan.” CNN received this intel from the United States Attorney’s Office. Cartagena allegedly then fled to Puerto Rico after Williams passed, where he was the arrested in February of 2022.

Williams, unfortunately was found dead in New York City apartment in 2021. The New York City Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that Williams died of an accidental overdose when he was 54.