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Richie Roberts, the former narcotics detective and prosecutor whose efforts to take down drug kingpin Frank Lucas became the story of film American Gangster, pleaded guilty today to stealing $20,000 from clients of his law firm.
As the head of a Federal Bureau of Narcotics task force, Roberts is best known for his role in the investigation, arrest, and prosecution of Frank Lucas (1930-2019), an African-American drug kingpin who operated a heroin smuggling and distribution ring from Harlem in New York City in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Did Richie Roberts really arrest Frank Lucas as he walked out of church? No. The real Richie Roberts called it a "wonderful scene," but admitted that it didn't go down that way (HOT 97 FM). Both Frank and his wife Julie were arrested during the raid on their Teaneck, NJ home.
Richie Roberts, the former narcotics detective and prosecutor whose efforts to take down drug kingpin Frank Lucas became the story of film American Gangster, was sentenced to five years of probation for stealing $20,000 from clients of his law firm.
Roberts pleaded guilty to a third-degree charge of failure to make lawful distribution of funds and a fourth-degree charge of perjury on the second day of his trial this summer, after admitting...
Richard Roberts, right, helped arrest drug lord Frank Lucas. The two then became friends. Lucas died Thursday night in New Jersey at the age of 88. SL. By. Joe Atmonavage | NJ Advance Media...
Acting U.S. Attorney William Fitzpatrick said Tuesday that 79-year-old Richie Roberts pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to charges he failed to pay taxes going back to at least 2000....
Richard "Richie" Roberts, the former Essex County assistant prosecutor who helped convict Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas of drug-trafficking crimes, was sentenced to three years' probation...
By 1975, after nearly a decade of regnancy, Frank "Superfly" Lucas was captured by the New York authorities and his reign was at an end. The film credits detective Richie Roberts for Lucas ...
Richard “Richie” Roberts, a former attorney whose role as a narcotics detective was featured in the film “American Gangster,” pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing from clients of his law firm.