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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.
Two lawsuits filed by a Detroit-area man whose decades in prison for drug dealing and work as an informant inspired the movie “White Boy Rick” have been dismissed by a federal judge who found ...
At the age of 17, Rick Wershe Jr. was sentenced to prison for cocaine possession after having been used by the FBI as an informant since he was a boy of 14. Known as White Boy Rick, Wershe, now 52 ...
White Boy Rick is a 2018 American crime drama film directed by Yann Demange and written by Andy Weiss, Logan Miller, and Noah Miller. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt in his film debut, Bel Powley, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Tyree Henry, Rory Cochrane, RJ Cyler, Jonathan Majors, Eddie Marsan, Bruce Dern, and Piper Laurie in her final film role.
White Boy is a 2017 true crime documentary directed by Shawn Rech, written by Brandon Kimber, Seth Ferranti and Scott Burnstein, and produced by Transition Studios.. The documentary follows the story of Richard Wershe Jr., aka “White Boy Rick,” an FBI informant and alleged cocaine kingpin in Detroit in the 1980s, who was sentenced to life in prison.
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Richard Wershe Jr. A.K.A. White Boy Rick [7] Ethan Crumbley, perpetrator of the 2021 Oxford High School shooting in which he murdered four students and injured seven more. Crumbley was transferred from Thumb Correctional Facility to Oaks Correctional Facility, to serve his sentence.
The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the defense experts' findings. The U.S. Attorney's Office that handled the case declined to comment.