For the first time in more than 29 years, 'White Boy' Rick Wershe is no longer a Michigan prisoner. He's now in the custody of the Florida Department of Corr.

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Two days after he turned 51, the former teenage drug dealer from Detroit known as “White Boy Rick” is now a free man.

The Florida Department of Corrections released Richard Wershe Jr. Monday, according to an email from the department.

Wershe, who said he started working as an informant for law enforcement when he was just 14, spent three decades in custody. During that time, his controversial case garnered national attention and inspired movies, including the 2018 feature film starring Matthew McConaughey.

Seven sins gta v glitches. Wershe did not respond to a Free Press letter requesting an interview on what’s next for him.

“I know he’s looking forward to freedom,” his longtime attorney Ralph Musilli said Monday morning.

Musilli said he talks to Wershe at least once a week. Musilli declined to divulge Wershe's plans but said his client has a good support group and will come back to Michigan.

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In 1987, Detroit police arrested 17-year-old Wershe. Officials said he had 8 kilos of cocaine and about $30,000. A jury convicted Wershe of possession with intent to deliver more than 650 grams of cocaine.

He was initially sentenced to life in prison without parole for the drug conviction. Later, the drug law changed and his sentence became life with the possibility of parole.

In 2017, the 10-member Michigan Parole Board unanimously voted to parole Wershe.

'I know that the drugs I sold destroyed people's lives,' Wershe said during his parole hearing that year. 'I can't take it back.'

But that didn't free Wershe. He has been in Florida since being paroled for his crime in Michigan. Wershe still had to serve time for his role in a separate stolen-car scheme. A judge sentenced him on racketeering charges in 2006.

Clinton outboard motor identification. That crime happened even while he was confined in the federal witness protection program. Wershe was in the protection program because he helped the FBI bust corrupt police officers after his drug conviction in Michigan.

He has called his involvement in the stolen-car scheme in Florida a 'big mistake.' Wershe said he was trying to help his sister make money buying then selling cars.

Now he is returning to Michigan, but under supervised release. Conditions of his parole in Michigan require Wershe to remain in the state and refrain from contact with those with a felony record, said Michigan Department of Corrections spokeswoman Holly Kramer. Wershe must also search for a job and can't possess a firearm.

“He still has 13 months of parole here in Michigan to serve,” Musilli said. “He’ll be staying pretty close to home.”

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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: 'White Boy Rick' Richard Wershe Jr. freed after 3 decades locked up