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Home»Posts tagged with»Cocaine

White Boy Rick clears first hurdle to freedom after 29 years in prison

By Steve Neavling on April 14, 2017   Headline, Police  

White Boy Rick clears first hurdle to freedom after 29 years in prison

Richard Wershe Jr., aka White Boy Rick, has been languishing in federal prison for 29 years for selling large quantities of cocaine in Detroit in the late 1980s.

Drug mule sentenced to 3 years in prison on 90th birthday

By Steve Neavling on May 7, 2014   Crime & Fire, Headline, Police  

Drug mule sentenced to 3 years in prison on 90th birthday

Leo Sharp was hoping his age and dementia would keep him out of prison.

Will drug mule who turns 90 years old today be sentenced to prison?

By Steve Neavling on May 7, 2014   Crime & Fire, Police  

Will drug mule who turns 90 years old today be sentenced to prison?

State police found 104 kilograms of cocaine in Sharp’s pickup truck, leading to charges of possessing and distributing cocaine.

Gangs from Detroit bring violence, drugs to West Virginia communities

By Steve Neavling on April 27, 2014   Crime & Fire, Headline, Police, posts  

Gangs from Detroit bring violence, drugs to West Virginia communities

Four Detroiters are suspects in two separate shootings in Charleston on Wednesday in which one teenager was killed.

Mayor Bing quietly slips out of town, makes his communications expert the acting mayor

By Steve Neavling on May 3, 2013   City Government, Government, Headline, Mayor's Office, posts  

Mayor Bing quietly slips out of town, makes his communications expert the acting mayor

Bob Warfield, a former executive at WDIV-TV news, was hired to revamp the city’s two cable stations. But run a $1.1 billion budget?

FBI: Highland Park cops beat and rob man, then deal cocaine for him

By Steve Neavling on January 25, 2013   Crime & Fire, Police, posts  

FBI: Highland Park cops beat and rob man, then deal cocaine for him

Two Highland Park cops beat a man for carrying a firearm, stole his cash and jewelry and then accepted a $10,000 bribe to make the charges disappear, the FBI said today .

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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