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Richard Wershe Jr. (born July 18, 1969), also known as White Boy Rick, is an American who became the youngest FBI informant ever at age 14.Wershe's lower middle-class family lived in a predominately African-American eastside neighborhood, about seven miles from downtown Detroit.
At age 17, when the FBI no longer needed him, he began selling cocaine himself and was arrested in 1987 for possessing cocaine in excess of eight kilograms. He was given life in prison, but was paroled in 2017 after almost 30 years in jail.
Film
A film based on his life, titled White Boy Rick, is scheduled to be released in September 2018.
References
- "Inmate Population Information Detail". Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- "BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION". Michigan Department of Corrections. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Kroll, Justin (March 3, 2017). "Newcomer Richie Merritt Lands Title Role in 'White Boy Rick' Opposite Matthew McConaughey". Variety.
- Hughes, Evan (June 27, 2017). "White Boy Rick's Parole Hearing and Drug War Lessons Unlearned". The New Yorker.
- Dietz, Kevin; Bartkowiak, Dave Jr; Hutchinson, Derick (July 15, 2017). "'White Boy' Rick Wershe is granted parole in Michigan after nearly 30 years in prison". ClickOnDetroit.
- Alexander, Bryan (June 4, 2018). "See Matthew McConaughey fail tragically as a dad in exclusive 'White Boy Rick' trailer". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
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