The 71-Year-Old Accused Of Killing Michael K. Williams: Suspect Is Facing More Than 20 Convictions

Actor Michael K. Williams died, at the age of 54, after having consumed heroin laced with fentanyl and was found dead by his nephew in his Brooklyn penthouse apartment.

How did actor Michael K. Wlliams died? [Photo: Capital XTRA]

Is The Drug Dealer A Victim Too?

According to a published report by Larry Neumeister, a 71-year-old drug dealer Carlos Macci has been blamed for the death of actor Michael K. Williams and was sentenced to more than two years in prison at a proceeding in which Williams’s nephew recommended compassion for the defendant. The US District Judge Ronnie Abrams said to Mr. Carlos Macci that selling heroin and fentanyl not only cost Williams his life but it is Macci’s freedom because he didn’t stop dealing drugs after Williams died.

Mr. Carlos Macci had pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess and distribute narcotics. The US Judge noted more than 3,000 fatal overdoses occurred in New York City the previous year and they never understood the threat they will face from lethal doses of drugs. Mr. Carlos Macci benefited from words on his behalf by actor Michael K. Williams’s nephew and a sentencing letter submitted weeks ago in which David Simon, a co-creator of HBO, said Williams himself would fight for Carlos Macci.

He was not charged directly in the actor’s death although others in the case have been and still Macci could have been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison if the US judge had not agreed to depart downward from federal sentencing guidelines that called for double-digit years in prison. Assistant Attorney Fergenson demanded a sentence of at least four years because Macci had more than 20 previous convictions and had not spent much time behind bars. The Defense Attorney Zeman considered actor Michael K. Williams a tragic victim in this case but his client Carlos Macci was a victim too of the drug crisis causing him to do things to continue his own drug habit. The nephew of William told the judge that he believes that Macci can turn his life around.

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