Detroit Drug Chief ‘Weezy’ Taylor Is A Wanted Man, Anchored Powell Bros. Gang Resurgence Past Two Years
Entering 2017, Detroit’s Public Enemy No. 1 is reputed Motor City drug lord Dwayne (Weezy) Taylor. The 40-year old shot...
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BURNSTEIN OP-ED: Worthy’s Motives Open To Question In Her Reexamining Of Whether White Boy Rick Deserves Parole
Incarcerated former teenage drug dealer and underage federal informant Richard (White Boy Rick) Wershe, Jr. experienced a potential watershed moment...
Jake LaMotta Often Rubbed Shoulders With Detroit Mob In Fight Career, Gutz Recollected Specifics
The Raging Bull himself, Jake LaMotta, was wined and dined by the Motown mafia whenever he was town to fight...
A Heavenly Weigh-In: Detroit Boxing Scene Luminary, Fmr. Mob Associate Billy Gutz Dead At 86
Venerable retired professional boxing manager and former Detroit mob associate Billy Gutz (originally “Gutzi,” pronounced GOOT-SEE) died of natural causes...
Real-To-Reel: New Jack City Inspired By Detroit’s Chambers Brothers, ‘The Carter’ Was Really ‘The Broadmoor’
Based on a Village Voice article on Detroit’s notorious Chambers Brothers Gang, the 1991 gangster-film classic New Jack City moved...
