Man who inspired ‘White Boy Rick’ released from custody

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area man whose decades in prison for drug dealing and work as as FBI informant inspired the movie “White Boy Rick” has been released from custody in Florida. It’s Richard Wershe Jr.’s first steps of freedom since he was a teenager. Officials say Wershe was discharged from a residential work-release program in Kissimmee, Florida. In 2017, he was released in Michigan after roughly 30 years in prison for a cocaine conviction, but Wershe was imm