White Boy Rick
Cops Made 'White Boy Rick' a Drug Snitch at 14. Now He's Starting a Weed Brand.
Richard Wershe Jr. spent more than 30 years in jail after he says police turned him into a snitch and abandoned him.
Cops Made ‘White Boy Rick’ Wershe a Drug Snitch at 14. Now He’s Suing.
At 14, he was the youngest known FBI informant in U.S. history.
The True Story Behind 'White Boy' Rick
Seth Ferranti talks about his correspondence with Richard Wershe, a.k.a. White Boy Rick, a teenager who gained notoriety for underworld drug dealing.
A New True-Crime Doc About 'White Boy' Rick Will Make You Madder Than Hell
A dumbfounding new documentary explores the institutional horror story of Detroit's Richard Wershe Jr. a.k.a. White Boy Rick.
The Wild True Stories Behind Some of the Most Epic Crime Movies Ever
"Freeway" Rick Ross and others gave us the skinny on a few classics and some new contenders.
Cocaine, Corrupt Cops, and the Supreme Court: Why Detroit’s 'White Boy Rick' Is Still Locked Up
How a teenage informant who helped the feds bust major Detroit crack dealers and dirty cops ended up behind bars for 28 years and counting.
Why Is White Boy Rick Still Serving Life in Prison?
Rick Wershe is a former drug dealer and police informant who was convicted in 1988, at the age of 17, of possessing 17 pounds of cocaine. Now 46 and a father of three, Wershe is the only inmate in Michigan behind bars who was sentenced to life as a...