Quartet charged with involvement in distribution of fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in death of Williams, 54, in September
Four men have been charged in the overdose death of actor Michael K Williams, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday.
US attorney Damian Williams and New York City police commissioner Keechant Sewell said the four were charged in criminal complaints unsealed Tuesday and Wednesday in Manhattan federal court in a narcotics conspiracy alleging their involvement in the distribution of fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in the death of Williams, who was best known for playing Omar Little on The Wire.