A close childhood friend of Rick's said that in the case of Rick's father, the almighty buck ranked above morals. All the things I guess you expect after 32 years.". -The Atavist Magazine, Rick's sister Dawn was dating a small-time criminal named Terrence Bell and she had become involved with crack cocaine. Dawn and Rick's grandparents are also in the film. Rick Wershe Jr Daughter Keisha; Born: Richard John Wershe Jr. [1] July 18, 1969 (age 51) Status: released on July 20, 2020: Known for: F.B.I. Who is George Osborne's fiance Thea Rogers? If you know some information, please comment below. "I was told to kill White Boy Rick," says Craft. The youngest known informant in the history of the FBI, Wershe became a confidential informant when he was 14 to 16 years old. However, Wershe feels that his punishment grossly exceeded his crime, as do many others. -The Atavist Magazine, Yes. (WXYZ) After serving 32 years and seven months, Richard "White Boy Rick" Wershe Jr., left Kissimmee, Florida with his head high. We have no information about his girlfriend/boyfriend. Wershe Jr. got involved in the world of crime through a petty criminal named Terrence Bell, with whom his sister was in a relationship at the time. This picture of him is a still from his role in the movie Beverly Hills Cop. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. [13], On July 20, 2020, Wershe was released from custody in Florida, having completed his sentence with credits for good behavior.[14]. The siblings were raised by their father with the help of his own parents who lived across the street from them. But we are sure that it is not available and his spouses name is not available. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Richard Wershe Jr is a dad of three children and a granddad to six grandchildren, White Boy Rick was released from prison in July 2020, after serving 32 years, was released from prison in Florida, on July 20, 2020, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Hes healthy. At the time he landed the role, he was also the head of the Detroit Police Department's homicide division. He became the longest-serving nonviolent juvenile offender in Michigan history. 'Rick refused so my dad took the money and threw my ex-husband and Rick out of the house,' Scott said. This part of the movie unfolds in almost exactly the same way.Richard Wershe Sr. was registered as the official FBI informant, but most of the intelligence was coming from his son. "It was a forced plea. Rick Wershe Jr Daughter Keisha Morris Photos And Names; . Should he be there for [29] years for the crime he committed? So the FBI left Richard Wershe Jr. to fend for himself. I became addicted to that life." "You'd have to ask [the Detroit Police Department] that," Wershe Jr. replied. Copyright 2023 ClickOnDetroit.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group, a division of Graham Holdings. White Boy, a documentary chronicling the case of Richard Wershe Jr., premiered on March 31, 2017, at the Freep Film Festival where it won the Audience Choice Award. He was only 14 years old at the time. Rick befriended Bell, who lured him into the world of petty crime. More. [3][16], Eminem plays Wershe on the TV show BMF. 2 daughters and a son. Therefore, it was a crime convicted while he was still behind the bars. White Boy Rick is also a grandfather of six grandchildren. The FBI even gave Rick Jr. a fake ID and paid for an April 1985 trip to Las Vegas so that he could gather more intelligence on Curry. Caption: Keisha Wershes dad Richard and Michelle. I'm not going to say I helped. Dawn was doing crack cocaine while Wershe Jr., accompanied by Bell, began committing burglaries. He has three children, including a son named Richard Williams. Likewise, in July 2020, Richard was released from custody in Florida after completing his sentence with credits for good behavior. An ambulance arrived and blocked them from leaving. They are mostly portrayed as aloof and out-of-touch by Bruce Dern and Piper Laurie, despite living across the street from Richard Wershe and his kids. The notorious teenage FBI informant known as "White Boy Rick" spent three decades in jail cells. Rick Wershe Jr. (Richie Merritt) is a teenager examining some AK-47 automatic rifles for sale and negotiating a price with the dealer. Richard Wershe Jr. was arrested in his home in 1988 with 17 pounds of cocaine. According to FBI Agent John Anthony, at that time, White Boy Rick was the single most productive informant the FBI had in Detroit. A merciless 1978 law in Michigan known as the 650-Lifer Law mandated life in prison without parole for being caught with more than six hundred and fifty grams of cocaine or heroin. DETROIT -"White Boy Rick" has hit the big screen. [9][10][11][12] In 2019, his application was denied by the Florida clemency board. Richard was born in a working-class family that lived in a neighborhood on the east side of Detroit. Thats why her height, weight, eye color, hair color, etc are unavailable on the internet till today. We have no more information about his spouse. (He's) happy, healthy and excited (and) emotional. Therefore, she has stayed away from the public and has made a low-key lifestyle. "My daughter became sick on doing drugs," Richard Wershe Sr. says. After all, Richard Wershe Jr. went to prison when he was only 17 years old. Free Richard Wershe Jr. Albums. He moved tens of kilos. Steve Garagiola, ClickOnDetroit California mom 'didnt hit brakes' before driving SUV off 100ft cliff with daughter in fatal plunge, Kim Jong-un creates entire college focused on building hypersonic nuke missiles to wipe out the West, Drunk girl loses her front TEETH during boozy bottomless brunch after TikTok stunt ends in disaster, Moderna Covid vaccine could be reserved for young people amid AstraZeneca blood clot fears, says expert, Ukrainian playboy 'behind Dubai naked photoshoot' is pictured with Hillary Clinton and made Obama campaign donation, Neighbours are battling against a bid to demolish a 'perfectly good' four-bed house to make way for a cycle path, was released from prison in Florida, on July 20, 2020. As Richard Wershe Sr. put it: I took the money. However, Richard is known to have two little girls and a boy named Richard Williams. However, he wasn't a drug kingpin by any stretch, as trailers for the movie label him. Richard Wershe Jr. mugshot for Florida Department of Corrections, Detroit historian: White Boy Rick Wershe prison release way overdue. In 2014, freelance writer Evan Hughes read Wershes outlandish claims about a conspiracy that had put him behind bars and started to look into whether they were true. It turned into a stolen car ring, and Wershe pleaded guilty to protect his sister and mother from criminal charges. Johnny was one of the most powerful drug lords in Detroits underworld and Wershe Jr. constantly provided information on him and his criminal empire. In the 1980s, he gained notoriety in the streets of Detroit under the moniker White Boy Rick. I don't think so. Burstein even served as a consultant for the White Boy Rick film. Hollywood went to work making a film version of White Boy Ricks life, while an HBO documentary crew moved into the prison to film a tell-all about his story. All I can give you is my word. His connection with the Curry family immensely helped him in his pursuit to gather more and more information on the drug activities in his neighbourhood and the city at large. He regularly spent time with the brothers and they did not suspect a thing. + View More Here. Richard Wershe Jr. was arrested in his home in 1988 with 17 pounds of cocaine. Wershe Jr. survived the ordeal and it appeared to the Curry brothers and their associates that he did not reveal anything to the authorities. In Mayor Youngs city, to get Curry into trouble was dangerous for himself and bad for his business. During the screening of "White Boy Rick," the Hollywood adaptation of his father's life, back in 2018, he told the outlet that his dad was smarter and more caring than what the movie had portrayed. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. -The New YorkerHowever, Wershe maintains that they weren't his drugs and that the corrupt cops planted them there. Their chief of homicide, Inspector Gilbert Hill, deliberately diverted the investigation away from the gang leader, Johnny Curry. It contains clips from Richard Wershe Jr. interviews and photos from his time as an FBI informant and drug dealer. Wershe Sr. was also known as an illegal arms dealer in the black market. Rick went out in mink coats wrapped up with a belt made of solid gold and a diamond-encrusted Rolex on his wrist. -Crime Watch Daily, No. [7], The name "White Boy Rick" was not a street name that Wershe used himself, nor was it one he was ever called by those with whom he associated. While Michigan repealed the 650-Lifer Law that handed Richard Wershe Jr. a life sentence, he was still in prison long after other offenders were released. Even though he was dreading the transport process, Wershe said he wanted to start as soon as possible. Rick Wershe's Charity Food Drive - Summer 2018. It was wonderful. White Boy Rick knew this was because Johnny Curry was connected to Detroit Mayor Coleman Young; in fact, the king of Detroit crime, Johnny Curry, dated the mayors niece Cathy Volsan. "Everything went as planned. But where is the equity in a system that puts non-violent criminals away while killers walk free?, Read more: White Boy Rick Wershe Jr. to return to Metro Detroit after release. But, there is no confirmation as nothing about her personal as well as professional life is known. An off-duty cop was in traffic nearby and pulled them over. Copyright 2020 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. He was very thrilled," McDonald said. Fact-checking the White Boy Rick movie reveals that the FBI agents portrayed by Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rory Cochrane are not directly based on real people, though they were inspired by the agents who handled Wershe as an informant. Nate Boone Craft, the convicted hitman who claims he was hired to kill Rick Wershe Jr. Richard Wersher Jr. during his parole hearing. He was a witness for the FBI when he was between 14 and 16 years old. It was at a time when the hysteria surrounding the War on Drugs in the U.S. was nearing its peak. But according to Dawn, just about all of the family dynamics portrayed in the movie are wrong. The film starring Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey tells the fact-based story of Richard Wershe Jr., a Detroit teenager who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison. The name was instead given to him by reporters who covered his case. He says that he was working with his sister from prison to secure a car for his mom. "He's very frank about who he is and what he did," actor Matthew McConaughey said during a CinemaCon interview. When he was 14 to 16 years old, he worked as an FBI informant. At present, Wershe Jr. is kept at the Reception and Medical Center state prison in Lake Butler, Florida and is scheduled to be released in 2020. In one of the meetings with WXYZ, Michelle said that everything went according to plan and that Richard was happy, solid, full of energy and enthusiastic. "[The film] said that my dad couldn't handle us kids and that he had Rick sell drugs because he couldn't cut the mustard to pay the bills, and that's the farthest thing, farthest thing from the truth." Supporters say Wershe's cooperation against corrupt public officials proved to be the reason for a conspiracy of lies to keep him inside. September 14, 2018, 1:43 AM by Allan Lengel. 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