White Boy Rick Is Free To Tell His Tales Of Trafficking Tiny Humans

White Boy Rick, as everyone adoringly calls him, was only 14 years of age when the FBI recruited him to be a drug courier informant, was set up to take the fall at 17 years, then spent the last 30 years trying to tell his tale and take his rightful place in the annals of history.

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Richard 'White Boy Rick' Wershe Jr. to be released from Florida prison

The former Detroit drug dealer dubbed “White Boy Rick” has waited nearly 30 years for the information he received today: he will be paroled from prison.

Richard "White Boy Rick" Wershe Jr. is now scheduled to be released from custody July 20, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.

Wershe, 50, who grew up on Detroit's east side, has spent more than three decades incarcerated.

Detroit Police arrested 17-year-old Wershe in 1987, and a jury convicted him of possession with intent to deliver more than 650 grams of cocaine. Officials said he stashed 8 kilos of cocaine and nearly $30,000.

In 2017, the Michigan Parole Board voted unanimously to parole Wershe, who has said he started working as a law enforcement informant when he was 14.

Instead of being released from prison, Wershe was sent to Florida where he was previously convicted of racketeering charges in connection with a stolen-car scheme that he was involved in while imprisoned in that state. Wershe was sentenced to five years for his role in 2006.

He was in the federal witness protection program in a Florida prison because he helped the FBI in an investigation involving corrupt police officers after his drug conviction.

Officials from the Florida Department of Corrections did not respond to a Free Press request for comment about Wershe's upcoming release.

This is not the first time Werhe's release date has been moved up.

Wershe has been the subject of national attention. His notoriety was projected onto screens nationwide in a Hollywood film starring Matthew McConaughey in 2018 and a documentary directed by Shawn Rech in 2017.

Wershe, a father of three and grandfather, was originally sentenced to life in prison without parole for the drug conviction. Later, it became life with the possibility of parole because of changes in drug law.

During his 2017 parole hearing, Wershe said he’s a changed man and vowed to never commit another crime.

"I know that the drugs I sold destroyed people's lives," Wershe said at the time. "I can't take it back."

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