A man who tried to smuggle more than £80,000 of ecstasy into Scotland disguised as cat food has been jailed for four years.
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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.
Macci was sentenced to 30 months in prison, plus three years of supervised release, with the first year in an inpatient drug treatment facility.“I would like to say, your honor, I’m sorry for what has happened,” Macci said, according to the outlet.David Simon, a co-creator of, wrote a three-page letter to the judge seeking mercy for Macci. Simon had a close relationship with Williams, who was open about his struggles with addiction.«No possible good can come from incarcerating a (72-year-old) soul, largely illiterate, who has himself struggled with a lifetime of addiction and who has not engaged in street-level sales of narcotics with ambitions of success and profit but rather as someone caught up in the diaspora of addiction himself,» Simon wrote.«Michael would look at Mr. Macci and hope against hope that this moment in which he finds himself might prove redemptive, that his remaining years might amount to something more, and that by the grace of love and leniency, something humane and worthy might be rescued from the tragedy.»Williams' nephew, Dominic Dupont, spoke outside the courtroom after the sentencing came down.
«Today was a sad day. There are no winners here,» he said. «We lost an amazing human being.»Williams died on Sept.
6, 2021 after having consumed heroin laced with fentanyl, which he bought the previous day from a member of Macci’s crew in Brooklyn. The exchange was caught on a surveillance video and described by New York federal prosecutors in court filings. Williams was 54.The actor, who was born and raised in
.A man who tried to smuggle more than £80,000 of ecstasy into Scotland disguised as cat food has been jailed for four years.
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killed Treat Williams in June was cited for “grossly negligent operation with death” Tuesday as the “Everwood” actor’s cause of death was revealed by Vermont police. Williams, 71, was driving a motorcycle on Vermont Route 30 in Dorset when Ryan Koss, 35, turned into his path, causing the actor to strike his SUV and be tossed off his bike, according to a police report. Koss was attempting to turn left into a parking lot in his 2008 Honda Element when he crossed directly in front of the Hollywood star driving a 1986 Honda VT700c motorcycle.“Williams was unable to avoid a collision and was thrown from his motorcycle,” Vermont State Police said in the report.
A driver has been charged for the tragic motorcycle accident that killed Treat Williams.
The man who was driving a car and crashed into Treat Williams riding a motorcycle has been charged following the fatal accident.
Treat Williams tragically died in a motorcycle accident back in June and now his official cause of death has been released by the authorities.
Prince William made a surprise appearance on a food truck and — yes chef!In a new video shared on the Sorted Food YouTube account, the Prince of Wales used the opportunity to promote his Earthshot prize and the recent winners of the competition — geared towards promoting climate activism.William first appeared in the 14-minute video in the beginning, when he brought in three items created by previous winners of the Earthshot prize competition for the hosts of the web series, Benjamin 'Ben' Ebbrell, Michael 'Mike' Huttlestone, Jamie Spafford and Barry Taylor, to use in order to create an environmentally-friendly burger. «I don't know if you guys have heard about the Earthshot Prize, but it's an initiative I started about two years ago now although it's been about four years in the making — I had hair when it started,» the future king quipped while explaining the initiative.
The Prince of Wales left diners opened-mouthed when he unexpectedly dished up veggie burgers made with Earthshot Prize-winning products. Prince William handed over the meals to supporters of popular YouTube channel Sorted Food, invited by the heir to the throne to try out three winning entries from his environmental prize.
A 71-year-old old drug dealer linked to the overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams was sentenced to 30 months in prison in a New York courtroom on Tuesday. Carlos Macci was part of a drug dealing organization blamed in the "Wire" actor’s fatal overdose from fentanyl-laced heroin.
A drug dealer was sentenced to prison in connection with the death of actor Michael K. Williams.
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