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   Jul 31, 2021 · CNN — Voice quavering, Rick Wershe Jr., who as a teen in 1980s Detroit was painted as a murderous drug kingpin, dabbed his eyes as he recalled one of the last conversations he had with his...

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3. www.detroitnews.com › story › news'White Boy Rick' arrested in Miami after fight with ...

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   May 10, 2023 · Richard Wershe, Jr., a former drug dealer known as "White Boy Rick," was arrested in Miami Tuesday and charged with battery and robbery following a fight with a woman that allegedly started...

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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.

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   Jul 12, 2021 · Richard Wershe Jr., also known as White Boy Rick, was a 14-year-old FBI informant who exposed a police corruption scandal in Detroit. He was betrayed by the FBI and sentenced to life in prison for drug crimes.

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6. screenrant.com › white-boy-rick-true-story-explainedWhite Boy Rick True Story Explained: Where Is Richard Wershe ...

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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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   Jul 20, 2018 · Richard Wershe Sr. was registered as the official FBI informant, but most of the intelligence was coming from his son. Eventually, this was mostly information about the Curry Brothers, including their role in the accidental April 1985 death of a 13-year-old boy in a drive-by shooting and intel on their organization's drug houses.

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   • Link Copied! Voice quavering, Rick Wershe Jr., who as a teen in 1980s Detroit was painted as a murderous drug kingpin, dabbed his eyes as he recalled one of the last conversations he had with his father, who he’d always looked up to as a strong man. Suffering from brain cancer, his dad often moaned in pain over the phone.

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   Who is 'White Boy Rick' Richard Wershe?

   • Richard Wershe, Jr., a former drug dealer known as "White Boy Rick," was arrested in Miami Tuesday and charged with battery and robbery following a fight with a woman that allegedly started when the Detroit native called out someone else's name during sex, according to a Miami Police report.

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   What happened to Wershe Jr in 'White Boy Rick'?

   • 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 deal. According to an interview with CNN, Wershe Jr. was in the basement when the "associate" called him up.

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   How old was Richard Wershe Jr when he was arrested?

   • Richard Wershe Jr., popularly known as "White Boy Rick," was 14-years-old when the FBI enlisted him as an informant. Richard Wershe Jr. was arrested in his home in 1988 with 17 pounds of cocaine. He was 17 years old. Reporters and the police broadcasted the teenager all over the news with headlines that called him the leader of a drug cartel.

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   Sep 15, 2018 · McConaughey plays Richard Wershe, Sr., a divorced, dreamer/schemer father, a loser in the business world who is doing all he can to provide for his kids. Wershe’s son, Rick, became a paid FBI...