WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:09.919 In the last episode of Wicked and Grim, we covered 2 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:15.480 episode one of Richard Wersey Junior aka White Boy Rick. 3 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:19.280 We discussed his recruitment and work with the FBI as 4 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:23.120 an undercover informant at the age of fourteen, and his 5 00:00:23.239 --> 00:00:27.399 following years. Here is part two, and we will continue 6 00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:29.879 Rick's story on how his story led to his own 7 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.679 arrest on drug related charges, as well as the results 8 00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:35.560 of his trial and following years. 9 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:39.520 My name's Ben and I'm Nicole, and you're listening to 10 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:42.960 Wicked and Grim, a true crime podcast. 11 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:50.159 Warning the following podcasts and material intended for a mat 12 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:53.920 your audience listener discretion advies. 13 00:01:13.719 --> 00:01:18.319 That was a terrible I did not enjoy that. No, 14 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:19.680 I'm so sorry. 15 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:21.840 You didn't enjoy a beard. 16 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:25.040 Start count how many times I've had to apologize on 17 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:26.159 here on your bef. 18 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:30.159 Wow. Wow, maybe we should count how many times I 19 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:31.719 comedically save your ass. 20 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:35.560 Oh my gosh. We were literally right before this, like 21 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:38.439 both of us were just meh, just it's meh, I 22 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:40.719 don't know. But then as soon as these mics come 23 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:43.840 in front of us, we are just like nuts. 24 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:48.359 It's microphones right in front of you. It changes a person, 25 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:50.680 It really does. I don't know. It's like putting a 26 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:52.760 mask on, like when you're a kid and you put 27 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:55.680 on a Halloween mask, Like you're like different. 28 00:01:55.959 --> 00:01:59.400 We're singing in the mic. We're doing like price check 29 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:01.519 on Prune Juice, Bob pace. 30 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:04.040 Check on Prune Juice, Bob price check on Prune Juice. 31 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:05.840 If you know that reference, I love you. 32 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:09.759 Oh my gosh, it's it's actually just ridiculous. 33 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:09.879 It really is. 34 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:11.439 It's quite entertaining. Though. 35 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:14.599 If you're really curious on what we're like in person, 36 00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:17.199 you can actually check on our YouTube where we're doing 37 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:19.199 vlog miss and failing horribly at it. 38 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:22.639 Yeah, you know what, there's always next year, Well there is. 39 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:25.560 We're still going to keep pushing strong and keep doing 40 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:29.080 our thing. I'm hoping for at least well, if there's 41 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:31.319 like thirty days in the month, is it thirty days 42 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:34.759 in December? No, it's twenty eight thirty one. Is there 43 00:02:34.759 --> 00:02:36.159 thirty one in December. 44 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:38.319 Because it's like New Year's even stuff? 45 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:42.719 Oh yeah, anyways, thirty one days in December. Oh yeah, 46 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:46.400 So we're hoping to hit minimum fifteen vlogs in December. 47 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:48.360 I think we put out eight so far, if I'm 48 00:02:48.360 --> 00:02:51.240 not mistaken. So I think we're at about that par 49 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:55.560 so that's ish a little bit below. Okay, we're like 50 00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:56.840 three four whatever. 51 00:02:56.960 --> 00:02:58.639 Yeah, that's a pass. 52 00:02:58.800 --> 00:02:59.759 That's what we're aiming for. 53 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:02.840 It's actually quite interesting trying to put a blog out 54 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:03.280 every day. 55 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:06.360 It is, especially living in a tiny home when we 56 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:09.199 have different schedules and most of our work involves us 57 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:13.400 just sitting on our laptops doing nothing all day. So yeah, 58 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:16.240 it makes it for very terrible and uninteresting logs at times. 59 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:17.719 But we're going to be making it work here. 60 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:20.520 But I think this is also helpful for us making 61 00:03:21.319 --> 00:03:23.960 a set schedule going forward that's like once a week 62 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:24.479 or whatever. 63 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:27.919 You know, for sure, it is helpful. I also just 64 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:30.759 wanted to give you guys a little hope you're doing well. 65 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:34.800 Tis the season for all the stress and depression, so 66 00:03:35.319 --> 00:03:38.199 hopefully you're doing well. You're not alone out there, so 67 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:41.400 just keep on chugging along, Okay, hopefully you're doing awesome. 68 00:03:41.639 --> 00:03:42.560 Yeah, no kidding. 69 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:45.039 I also wanted to give a shout out to our 70 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:47.439 two patrons who signed up this month or this week sorry, 71 00:03:48.039 --> 00:03:49.960 so they're getting the exclusive episode at the end of 72 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:52.879 the month, which is most likely going to be Christmas 73 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:57.560 deemed so. Yeah, veig get that we have love this 74 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:01.680 by the way, Robert Jones, the omnis nipotent who signed up, 75 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:03.080 and Lylah. 76 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:05.400 Waalburn right on, thank you so much. 77 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:08.080 Thank you for joining our Patreon crew. You guys are 78 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:11.719 absolutely incredible. Even if you're not a Patreon we love 79 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:14.000 you so much. You're here, You're supporting us and that 80 00:04:14.039 --> 00:04:15.360 means the world. Thank you so much. 81 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:19.360 You're ready, I'm ready. I mean you've made us wait 82 00:04:19.439 --> 00:04:22.439 a long time for this. A week A week, yeah, 83 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:23.920 an eternity, an. 84 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:28.399 Eternity, seven days, as the girl in the ring says. No, 85 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:31.480 she doesn't actually say it, but the tape does. God no, 86 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:33.839 because she calls and seven days. That's right, No, so 87 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:35.399 she does say it. So Mary is. 88 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:37.720 Smart creepy shit right there? Why did you just bring 89 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:38.120 that up? 90 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:43.120 Because seven days that's why. Okay, Anyway, my ADHD took 91 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:44.600 me down a path and I just went with it. 92 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:45.639 You sure did. 93 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:49.000 Anyways, I'll give us a quick little recap. So last 94 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:52.040 week left off Rick was recruited by the FBI to 95 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:56.199 infiltrate a drug operation and gang to feed information into 96 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:58.560 the authorities. While he was at the age of fourteen 97 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:02.279 years old he with him, and he did as he 98 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:05.240 was asked for a few years, being responsible for many 99 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:09.480 rests and convictions as a result of his work. However, 100 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:13.839 one day the authority stopped working with Rick, and Rick, 101 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:16.240 being the young kid that he still was, because that's 102 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:18.839 what he was, a kid, I believe sixteen at the time, 103 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:23.079 just kept doing the gang life and the whole drug 104 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:27.040 selling gig. Then he got stopped in a traffic stop 105 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:30.800 and was now being arrested for drug possession. However, they 106 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:32.959 said he didn't have any drugs on at the time, 107 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:35.240 but they said he fled the scene and stashed eight 108 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:38.480 kilograms of cocaine under a porch in the neighborhood nearby, 109 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:42.120 which was found a few hours later. And Rick claims 110 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:46.439 that this was a setup, and that's where we left off. 111 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:52.279 Yeah. Well, it's a wild story. 112 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:56.079 It really is, and it only gets to be more 113 00:05:56.120 --> 00:06:01.560 of a slippery slope as we continue the Okay, okay, 114 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:04.199 so reach down, buckle up those seat belts, make sure 115 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:06.160 they're sinched up nice and tikes. You don't want to 116 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:09.040 go flying out of your seat on this story. Sit tight, 117 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:13.639 and here we go. It was in January of nineteen 118 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:17.720 eighty eight when Rick Worshey Junior stepped into the Frank 119 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:22.360 Murphy Hall of Justice in downtown Detroit accompanied by his parents. 120 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:26.879 His mother was wearing oversized sunglasses sunglasses sorry, and a 121 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:30.439 lavish fur coat. His father was there as well, with 122 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:33.040 a gray trench coat as he walked by his side. 123 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:37.000 Rick himself wore a double breasted suit and pleated pants 124 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:41.319 complimented by nice alligator skinned loafers as he walked into 125 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:45.040 the courtroom. Oh wow, so they were looking good, they 126 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:50.079 were now. Among Rick's legal representatives was a William Buffalino 127 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:53.600 the Second, who was a short, stout man known for 128 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:58.879 his courtroom flare if you would. Notably, Buffalino hailed from 129 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:04.319 a family with gleas ties to organized crime alleged, which 130 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:09.560 added an intriguing element to the unfolding drama. Now Buffalo 131 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:14.560 or Buffalino sorry, had orchestrated a lot of attention around 132 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:20.240 Rick's case regarding perceived violations of their constitutional right and 133 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:23.560 as such, along with the infamy now of the manned 134 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:27.720 newspaper we're calling quote white boy Rick, the trial drew 135 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:32.600 a considerable audience, including representatives from media such as from 136 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:35.639 sixty Minutes. Oh okay, yep. So the camera crew from 137 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:38.120 those guys were there, as well as supporters of Rick 138 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:41.680 and individuals associated with the drug trade. 139 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:45.639 Okay, so they kind of have like an invested interest, Yes, 140 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:46.839 what's going to happen. 141 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:49.800 Some of the latter actually were so notorious that even 142 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:54.920 the attending journalists in the courtroom could easily identify these guys. 143 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:57.560 It's like, oh, that's this ringleader dude. 144 00:07:57.639 --> 00:08:02.600 Whoa. Yeah, that's a little bit unsettling, really, I mean, they. 145 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:06.040 Kind of is. But it's not like it's a courtroom. 146 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:07.800 It's not like shit's going to go down, you know. 147 00:08:08.839 --> 00:08:11.279 I could only imagine how high the tensions in that 148 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:15.160 courtroom would be. Yeah, Like, you have notable individuals who 149 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:21.000 are committing I'm assuming several quite hefty crimes, and you 150 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:25.519 have several authorities who are after in committing or sorry, 151 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:29.439 condemning many of the friends of such people and the like. 152 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:31.399 Is probably causing a lot of tension. 153 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:34.000 Yeah, yeah, I mean I can't imagine it'd be a 154 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:35.440 very good vibe sitting in there. 155 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:38.679 I can't imagine many courtrooms are a very good vibe. 156 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:41.399 That's true, that's very true. 157 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:45.639 So during the trial, Rick was quite optimistic and he 158 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:48.799 had reason to be. The neighbors who had reported the 159 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:52.279 discovery of the eight kilogram package of cocaine that was 160 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:55.840 found beneath their porch. They claimed that Rick had approached 161 00:08:55.840 --> 00:09:01.440 their backyard and was carrying the cardboard box. However, there 162 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:07.399 existed zero tangible evidence linking Rick to the box. No fingerprints, 163 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:12.919 no DNA, no video footage or photographs. Nothing. Okay, it 164 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:17.759 was going solely on a claim a witness claim. Now, 165 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:22.200 one of Rick's legal representatives posted the theory that the 166 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:25.919 police had planted the drugs to conceal the alleged beating 167 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:29.639 that had endured a Rick. So defense witness asserted that 168 00:09:29.879 --> 00:09:33.080 during the altercation the traffic stop and he was, you know, 169 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:36.720 allegedly being arrested for drugs, and the tussle occurred and 170 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:42.039 he ran Allegedly during that tussle, a police officer actually 171 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:46.879 struck him with his pistol, so literally pistol whipping Rick 172 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:50.120 in this incident. And so this was actually a way 173 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:54.320 of giving them reason for the force that was used. 174 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:56.759 So it wasn't like excessive force because it's like, hey, 175 00:09:56.759 --> 00:09:58.559 this guy like trying to run with a bunch of drugs. 176 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:00.759 So you know what like a force the ground sort 177 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:01.919 of thing and hence the beating. 178 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:04.919 Mm hmm. But he didn't have anything when he was 179 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:07.879 running away, correct, correct? 180 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:13.759 Okay, I mean there's nothing saying that he did, but 181 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:15.080 there's nothing saying that he didn't. 182 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:17.759 Yeah, okay, you know. 183 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:21.720 I mean what they found in his car was cash, 184 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:24.080 but they never said, well, he ran off with an 185 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:27.840 eight kilogram box of cocaine. But they're all like, well, 186 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:29.600 he must have had it on him, we just didn't 187 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:30.360 know or didn't see. 188 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:32.919 Well. I feel like that would be something notable that 189 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:33.679 you would remember. 190 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:37.679 I can imagine it's like, oh, what's that guy running 191 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:41.639 away with a brick of cocaine? Yeah, it looks it's 192 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:43.759 like yeah, it's simple as that. 193 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:45.879 I mean, even though even if he was just carrying 194 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:47.879 a box, like say it was sealed, I think that 195 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:50.080 you would just recall that because you would be like, shit, 196 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:52.240 what's in the box? And you wonder, Yeah, I. 197 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:56.600 Mean you're stopped and you're a known dealer at this time, right, 198 00:10:57.039 --> 00:11:00.919 So you're stopped and there's a giant water cap that 199 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:04.440 the police officers have found, and then you suddenly just 200 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:07.600 run off with a box. I wonder what's in there, 201 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:11.480 you know, But there's no such thing any box or 202 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:16.240 any drugs or anything other than cash being present at 203 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:18.159 that traffic stop in his vehicle at the time. 204 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:21.639 Okay, so yeah, because he had just dropped them all off. 205 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:25.399 Two right, I'm trying to Yeah. 206 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:27.480 Yeah, he had already done the transaction. 207 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:28.240 Hence the cash. 208 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:29.039 The cash. 209 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:29.360 Yeah. 210 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:33.679 So during the closing statement, the attorney emphasized the multitude 211 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:37.360 of falsehoods and flaws in the state's case, urging that 212 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:43.840 the audience would reject this idea, declaring quote, it repels 213 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:46.120 you and makes you want to stand up and shout 214 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:51.399 no way, no way. Now something that I did actually 215 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:53.519 say in part one. This kind of goes back to 216 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:58.480 the box of cocaine that was allegedly stashed that Rick 217 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:05.000 allegedly ran away with. I did say that Rick claims 218 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:08.360 to this day that he was set up. Technically that's false, 219 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:12.759 because I did find some new information that Rick actually 220 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:18.559 claims to admit being responsible for those eight kilograms of cocaine. 221 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:20.639 It was part of the shipment that came in that 222 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:25.120 day that he was dealing with, but it was in 223 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:28.480 the hands of a partner who lived nearby and hid 224 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:34.039 it under the neighbor's porch after hearing police sirens and ah, yeah, 225 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:37.000 so Rick did is still maintaining that he did not 226 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:41.039 have it on him during the altercation. Yeah, it was 227 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:44.559 another individual who Yeah, he still is responsible for the cocaine, 228 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:47.360 but another individual who actually held it and stashed it. 229 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:50.759 He technically should not be getting arrest for possession because 230 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:54.559 he did not have it in his possession, but. 231 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:55.720 He knew of it kind of thing. 232 00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:58.159 He knew of it. It was his, but he did 233 00:12:58.200 --> 00:12:59.720 not have it on him when he was arrested for 234 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:05.039 ession of alleged possession. So I do want to remind 235 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:09.600 you guys that Rick is a drug dealer. We know 236 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:13.159 that he is a gang member. We know that. So 237 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:17.320 it's not like he is being arrested just blatantly out 238 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:22.480 of nothing. There are reasons technically, though, the arrest was 239 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:28.960 made under potential false pretenses. So he does still claim 240 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:31.679 to this day that he did not stash it himself 241 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:34.240 or have it with him in the initial stop when 242 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:39.320 the arrest occurred. So okay. Nevertheless, the defense team managed 243 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:44.200 to inject uncertainty into Rick's case over said eight kilograms 244 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:49.240 of cocaine over four days of deliberation the jury twice 245 00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:52.879 notified the judge of their deadlock, but they were unable 246 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:56.279 to come to a decision. They were unable to come 247 00:13:56.279 --> 00:14:01.519 to a verdict. Throughout this period, Rick remained confident. His 248 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:04.600 defense team was reassuring them we got this. In fact, 249 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:06.960 at one point, even before trial, his defense team was 250 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:09.519 so sure of themselves they didn't even think they'd be going. 251 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:11.720 To trial, Okay, So the fact that they were even 252 00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:14.519 there though, was a bit, yeah, surprising for them. 253 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:17.320 So Rick remained confident, you know, even joking around with 254 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:19.799 some officers and stuff in the hallway, you know, just 255 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:22.559 being casual, like it's not a big deal, Like he's 256 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:24.919 going to be out in no time. 257 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:27.480 I wish I could act like that if I was 258 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:30.799 in that situation. I think that I would be kind 259 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:32.360 of a negative Nellyan, just be like. 260 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:35.759 I'm done, terrified. I would have no fingernails left. I 261 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:38.399 would be like chewing them to the bone, guaranteed. 262 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:40.519 Well. I thought I was going through a roadblock the 263 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:43.039 other night, and I wasn't. I hadn't even been drinking. 264 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:45.200 I was thriving people who had been drinking, and I 265 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:47.159 was like, shit, shit, shit shit. 266 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:50.639 In no situations, it's almost like, that's when you're questioning yourself, 267 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:53.320 do I have eight kilograms of cocaine in my car? 268 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:55.919 I know, it's just so weird because yeah, I had 269 00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:59.039 done literally nothing wrong, but I was just like panicking. Amo. 270 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:03.519 Yeah, the stress, the situation. But yeah, Rick was remaining confident. 271 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:05.639 He was reassured by his defense team there's nothing to 272 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:09.000 be concerned about. They got this. And then finally the 273 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:14.879 long awaited verdict finally came in. Rick Worshe Junior was 274 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:18.960 found guilty of possession, and he sat in the courtroom 275 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:23.000 with an expressionless demeanor, not knowing what to do. 276 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:24.320 Shit. 277 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:29.480 So the following sentencing hearing was held three weeks later, 278 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:34.360 and it seemed like it was a mere formality because 279 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:38.919 as possession of over six hundred and fifty grams, it 280 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:42.879 mandates a life sentence by the state under the law 281 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:47.639 of the six fifty lifer law. Oh my gosh, a 282 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:50.519 sentence that was very quickly handed to Rick, who I 283 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:54.039 want to remind you is seventeen a minor. 284 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:57.080 Okay, And I wonder, I just this kind of just 285 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:58.720 like dawned on me. I wonder if he was kind 286 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:04.240 of so calm because he was thinking, had I word 287 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:06.960 this that at some point like okay, like the FBI 288 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:09.120 is going to come and help me or whatever. You know, 289 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:11.919 they kind of like put me back in the day 290 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:15.159 in this situation, like something's going to help me. 291 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:16.679 Yeah, it's potential. 292 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:19.159 Holy shit. Okay. 293 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:25.120 So the judge during the sentencing took note of the 294 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:28.480 other youth in the courtroom who were adorned with quote, 295 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:33.159 gold chains and dress that is common to the drug trade. 296 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:36.399 He ominously kind of predicted that they would survive the 297 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:40.679 perils associated with the lifestyle, the drug trade, the gang life, 298 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:44.360 basically saying that, yeah, you guys are one day going 299 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:46.519 to end up neighbors in jail with Rick if you 300 00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:49.120 don't smart enough, if you keep this act going, Look 301 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:51.200 what's happening to your friend sort of thing. 302 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:54.440 So, even though he was a minor, he was still 303 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:58.000 kind of tried, like got a full sentence correct, So 304 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:02.480 it almost seems like they're using Rick is like an. 305 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:06.680 Example potentially, but even still, you shouldn't be able to 306 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:09.680 do that to a minor. No, but they still tried 307 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:11.160 him as an adult even though he's not. 308 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:14.400 Gosh and a miner with like his history did like 309 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:16.920 the courtroom and the judge and the jury know of 310 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:20.400 this FBI history or had that not? Really? Am I 311 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:21.759 getting ahead of myself here. 312 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:24.160 I'm going to touch on that here soon. 313 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:25.319 Okay, okay. 314 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:31.119 So, during the jury's deliberation in Rick Junior's trial, because 315 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:34.839 remember his father is Rick Senior, So Rick Senior actually 316 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:37.559 had a confrontation with a member of the authorities in 317 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:43.519 the hallway outside the courtroom. He allegedly warned the individual quote, 318 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:48.960 you better not sleep too well, which swiftly led to 319 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:49.680 his arrest. 320 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:51.400 Yeah. 321 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:54.319 So he faced charges of threatening an officer and to 322 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:57.680 add to the lists possessing illegal silencers which were discovered 323 00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:59.799 in one of the raids of his home. If you 324 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:03.160 call in part one, Rick Senior was involved with the 325 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:06.839 illegal arms dealing, so his threat to an officer was 326 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:09.119 taken even that much more seriously. 327 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:11.559 So. 328 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:15.519 From his cell in Wayne County Jail, Rick Senior granted 329 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:19.359 interviews to several reporters in the weeks following his son's conviction. 330 00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:24.519 In each conversation, he told a story that seemed almost 331 00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:27.480 unbelievable to anyone who heard it. Any of the reporters. 332 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:31.880 Rick Senior began telling everyone about how both he and 333 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:37.079 his son had served as informants for the FBI quote. 334 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:41.759 They used me and they used my son. He asserted 335 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:45.480 that they both had taken significant risk to assist authorities 336 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:49.200 in gathering crucial evidence of drug dealings on the East Side, 337 00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:53.279 and to quote him again, and now they turned round 338 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:54.400 and fuck us over. 339 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:56.920 Mm hmmm, Kim, I'm kind of glad that he's not 340 00:18:57.640 --> 00:18:58.480 keeping quiet. 341 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:01.920 Yeah, no, he's he's actually speaking out. And this claim 342 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:04.680 that he'd actually been colaboring with the FBI was a 343 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:08.319 perplexing claim to many, and it kind of like shook 344 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:10.759 the world essentially when it came out, or at least 345 00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:14.279 to those who were involved with listening or following the 346 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:18.000 story in any sort Basically, like, if this were true, 347 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:22.160 why hadn't the defense team, like you had mentioned, bring 348 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:28.079 this up during the trial. Well, reportedly, Rick Junior's attorneys 349 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:32.720 made an agreement to not admit any pre trial evidence, 350 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:37.279 which would include omitting any information regarding him working with 351 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:41.319 the FBI or police as an informant while infiltrating the gangs. 352 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:46.319 Okay, why sorry, I don't know. Okay, I mean I 353 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:48.039 feel like if that was mentioned, it could have gone 354 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:49.200 a lot differently. 355 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:53.240 Perhaps, Oh, I mean like this, honestly, it makes things 356 00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:57.079 a lot worse. The news had been painting White quote 357 00:19:57.079 --> 00:20:00.240 white boy Rick as a drug king pen basically a 358 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:03.079 dangerous man who's like running rampant on the streets of Detroit, 359 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:07.640 even being responsible for the disappearance of individuals, hencing potential 360 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:11.599 murders at his hand, being a leader of hundreds of 361 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:16.400 murders within his gang, most of which was not true 362 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:19.799 at all. He sold drugs, yes, but was certainly not 363 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:23.359 a kingpin by any means, and anything else was literally 364 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:27.119 a flat out lie. Years later, on a parole hearing, 365 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:30.400 he would actually the court would actually touch on this 366 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:33.279 whole thing, and they looked at a lot of the 367 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:35.359 news articles and papers that were written about him at 368 00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:39.400 the time. They found that over half of them were 369 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:43.359 proven to be falsified stories with zero evidence to stand on. 370 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:49.359 So basically, Rick stood in front of a jury that 371 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:53.480 knew absolutely nothing of his work with authorities or how 372 00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:59.680 he became an informant. But they did know about the 373 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:02.720 miss white Boy Rick because of all the news articles 374 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:06.359 out there and the falsified stories that were being published 375 00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:09.440 in the public newspaper outside the courtroom. 376 00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:13.319 Oh man, this is this is a mess. 377 00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:17.640 So all they knew is that this quote white boy 378 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:21.839 Rick was a drug kingpin, responsible for people's murders potentially 379 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:25.720 and is now found with eighty kilograms of cocaine in 380 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:29.200 his possession. Eighty eight or sorry, he's eight kilograms? Was like, 381 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:34.599 oly shit, no not eighty eight Wow? Yeah, to Rick 382 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:40.319 to quote him, he feels the attorneys quote tanked his case. Now, 383 00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:43.920 there is some this would be like a multi episode 384 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:45.519 if we kind of go into this, but there is 385 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:49.960 some thought into potential was it tanked on purpose and 386 00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:53.559 some political stuff with his attorneys, but that it's a 387 00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:55.640 whole spider web, so I'm not going to get into that, 388 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:58.000 but there is a potential that they tanked it on purpose. 389 00:21:58.359 --> 00:22:00.920 But Rick does feel his attorneys to tank the case, 390 00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:03.640 whether purposely or not, We're not going to touch on that. 391 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:05.759 Okay, Well, I just have to just say that's not 392 00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:10.480 potentially far fetched with everything else that's going on. 393 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:14.039 It's not. It's not I mean, like, how could you 394 00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:16.920 not say, how could you make an agreement on your 395 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:20.599 on your the person you're representing a defense team that 396 00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:23.319 we're not going to bring up the whole history on 397 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:25.880 why you're holding drugs in the first place. 398 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:30.720 Yeah, that doesn't make any sense. It doesn't because yeah, 399 00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:33.960 you know, you almost think was were they paid off? 400 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:36.680 It's potentially right, like how much were they making? 401 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:42.119