‘White Boy Rick’ talks to Michigan parole board chairman
MANISTEE, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area drug dealer who has been in prison for 29 years for crimes when he was a teen has talked by video with the chairman of the Michigan parole board in his latest bid for release.
Ralph Musilli, an attorney for Richard Wershe, says the one-hour meeting went well Tuesday. Wershe, who was known as “White Boy Rick,” spoke to Mike Eagen from a prison in Manistee.
Corrections Department spokesman Chris Gautz says Eagen will write a summary and give an opinion in mid-March on whether the full board should hold a public hearing.
Eagen asked Wershe about his plans if he’s released from prison.
The 47-year-old Wershe is serving a life sentence with occasional opportunities for parole. Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy is taking a neutral position. If released, it’s possible he may be sent to Florida to serve time for a crime.
Secretly recorded comments lead to teachers’ reprimand
BANGOR, Mich. (AP) — Six southwestern Michigan teachers have been reprimanded and a school secretary has resigned after they were secretly videoed joking about which co-workers they would marry, have sex with or kill.
Robert Huber, an attorney for the Bangor Public Schools, told The Associated Press Tuesday that a staffer whose name came up under the “kill” portion of the game complained to the police.
No criminal charges have been filed.
Huber says three students’ names also came up in chatter heard on the video, but that the teachers didn’t name them in their crude game.
The cellphone video was recorded in January at a tavern in Bangor.
The woman who posted the video on YouTube told WOOD-TV she didn’t record it. Her connection to the district is unclear.
Shotgun stolen from man about 40 years ago returned to owner
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — A gun that was stolen about 40 years ago has been returned to its rightful owner in Grand Haven.
The Grand Haven Tribune reports Dan Wiebenga and his brother were deer hunting the day his Ithaca 20-gauge pump shotgun was stolen from their pickup truck in 1977.
Wiebenga eventually received a check from his insurance company after filing a police report, with which he bought a new gun.
Grand Haven Department of Public Safety Lt. Joe Boyle says the Williamson County Sheriff's Department in Texas called him in June 2016 to say they recovered the stolen gun during a traffic stop. Boyle says the young man who was stopped and his teenage step-brother were not charged because it was unlikely they knew it was a stolen gun.
Wiebenga says the gun is still in good condition.
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