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- Wershe was involved in Detroit's drug trade during the War on Drugs, but three years after the FBI no longer needed him as an informant, he was arrested for cocaine possession and became the longest-serving non-violent juvenile offender in Michigan history after doing 32 years in prison, 27 of those years related to his drug arrest at 17-years-old.
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Mar 13, 2024 · Richard Wershe Jr. was released from prison on July 20, 2020, a fact that wasn't revealed in the end credits of White Boy Rick, as the film came out two years earlier in 2018. Ricky is now an activist for non-violent offenders serving time for drug-related charges (via SlashFilm).
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Richard Wershe Jr. (born July 18, 1969), known as "White Boy Rick", is an American former drug trafficker and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informant. The youngest known informant in the history of the FBI, Wershe became a confidential informant when he was 14 to 16 years old.
Nov 30, 2018 · Richard Wershe Jr was a teen drug lord who allegedly ran Motown’s inner-city drug trade - now his life story is being told in White Boy Rick.
Jul 13, 2024 · The 1980s Detroit Drug Lord Known As ‘White Boy Rick’. By Mark Oliver | Edited By Leah Silverman. Published July 13, 2024. Richard Wershe Jr. uncovered the largest police corruption scandal in Detroit history when he was 15 years old. Two years later, he was sentenced to life in jail.
Jul 21, 2021 · His exploits were fictionalised in a Hollywood movie, and now the true story of a one-time teenage FBI informant has a new twist. Richard Wershe Jr has filed a $100m (£73m) lawsuit against former...
Jul 20, 2018 · According to both the real White Boy Rick and local drug czar Johnny Curry, homicide detective Gil Hill helped to cover up the murder of a 13-year-old boy named Damion Lucas, who was shot accidentally during a drive-by shooting that targeted the house of the boy's uncle, Leon Lucas.
Jul 29, 2022 · Netflix. As was shown in the movie, "White Boy Rick," numerous attempts were made on his life. In November 1984, when he was only 15-years-old, Wershe Jr. was called to a house for a drug...
