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Richard Wershe Jr. (born July 18, 1969), [ 2 ] 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. When he was 15, Wershe told the FBI that a major ...
May 10, 2023 · 1:55. 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 ...
- George Hunter
- A Long Time Covering Crime
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 decades ...
Jul 13, 2024 · 17-Year-Old Richard Wershe Jr. Goes On Trial. White Boy Rick was still a few days shy of his 18th birthday when the Detroit police broke down his front door. They caught him with 17 pounds of cocaine. The police took White Boy Rick right to the media. The baby-faced teenager, the news said, wasn’t just a drug dealer.
Mar 13, 2024 · White Boy Rick is a 2018 crime drama that tells the real story of Richard "Ricky" Wershe Jr. and while some of the facts are altered for dramatic effect, much of the incredible story is true to history. White Boy Rick is a movie based on the unbelievable true story of Richard Wershe Jr. who, at age 14, became the youngest FBI informant ever ...
- Zachary Moser
Jul 31, 2021 · Voice quavering, Rick Wershe Jr., who as a teen in 1980s Detroit was painted as a murderous drug kingpin, dabbed his eyes recalling one of the last conversations he had with his father, who he’d ...
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Sep 19, 2023 · A federal judge on Monday dismissed Richard Wershe Jr.'s $100 million lawsuit against the FBI and Detroit police, concluding that the infamous drug informant and dealer known as "White Boy Rick ...
