“White Boy Rick”
Richard Wershe Jr., better known as “White Boy Rick,” was a teenage drug trafficker and FBI informant who operated in Detroit in the 1980s. He was just 14 years old when he was recruited by the FBI to work as an undercover informant, following in the footsteps of his father, who was also an informant. Despite his young age, Wershe was trained by the FBI on how to make drug sales and soon found himself fully immersed in the dangerous world of drug trafficking.
When his time working undercover was over, he continued to sell drugs in order to support his impoverished family. Wershe was eventually arrested at the age of 17 for cocaine possession and was sentenced to life in prison. He was released in 2020 after serving over 30 years behind bars.