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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.
Mar 13, 2024 · Under Michigan’s 650-Lifer Law, Richard Wershe Jr. was sentenced to life in prison for having more than 650 grams of cocaine, with no chance of parole, in 1987 at the age of 17. However, in 1998, Michigan revised its 650-Lifer Law, and Ricky was eligible for parole beginning in 2003.
Sep 14, 2018 · With Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley, Jennifer Jason Leigh. The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.
Jul 12, 2021 · To put a 14-year-old boy’s life at risk wasn’t exactly FBI protocol but “White Boy Rick” – as Wershe then began to call himself – was too useful to let go. According to FBI Agent John Anthony , at that time, White Boy Rick was the single most productive informant the FBI had in Detroit.
White Boy Rick is a 2018 American crime drama film directed by Yann Demange and written by Andy Weiss, Logan Miller, and Noah Miller.
Jul 21, 2021 · Richard Wershe Jr has filed a $100m (£73m) lawsuit against former FBI agents and prosecutors, alleging child abuse in connection with his time as an informant. Wershe, now 52, spent three...
Jul 31, 2021 · It’s one of myriad milestones Wershe Jr. – who the media and Hollywood christened “White Boy Rick” – says he missed because the FBI and Detroit police groomed him to be a drug informant at age...
Rick Wershe is a single father who's struggling to raise two teenagers during the height of the crack epidemic in 1980s Detroit. Wershe sells guns illegally to make ends meet but soon attracts ...
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Jun 4, 2018 · Kingpin. Informant. #WhiteBoyRickMovie – Based on the true story. Only in theaters this Fall.Set in 1980s Detroit at the height of the crack...
In this fact-based drama, a blue-collar Detroit teenager becomes an FBI informant and later a drug dealer at the height of the '80s crack epidemic. Watch trailers & learn more.
