Richie Roberts

Richie Roberts

Infobox police officer
name = Richard M. Roberts


caption =
born = Birth date and age|1941|6|23
died =
badgenumber =
placeofbirth = Bronx, New York, USA
nickname = Richie
department = New Jersey Police Detective for Essex County
serviceyears =
rank = Detective
awards =
relations =
laterwork = Criminal Defense Attorney

Richard M. "Richie" Roberts (born June 23, 1941) is a former New Jersey police detective and defense attorney. He is most widely recognized for the arrest, prosecution and later defense of Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas.

Career

Roberts is a Bronx native of Jewish background who was raised in Newark, New Jersey. He attended Weequahic High School in Newark, New Jersey, Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey and later graduated from Seton Hall Law School. Roberts also served in the United States Marine Corps. An Essex County detective since 1963, Roberts eventually became an Essex County Assistant Prosecutor, heading the Bureau of Narcotics after passing the New Jersey Bar Examination. He is portrayed by Russell Crowe in the film "American Gangster" (2007) as the detective who brings down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas. After working as a prosecutor, Roberts became a criminal defense attorney, and still works as one today. Ironically, the first person he defended was Lucas, for the same crime for which he prosecuted him. [William Kleinknecht, "From Foes to Friends and Now on to Fame", "The Star-Ledger", October 5, 2006.]

Fictional portrayals

Richie Roberts' detective career was the real detective role in Ridley Scott's 2007 film "American Gangster", which starred Russell Crowe as Richie.

ee also

*Leslie "Ike" Atkinson
*Frank Lucas

References

* [http://www.charlierose.com/guests/richie-roberts Interview by Charlie Rose of Frank Lucas, Ritchie Roberts and others]
* [http://www.lawcrossing.com/article/index.php?id=3768 Article about Richie Roberts at lawcrossing.com (engl.)]
* [http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/gangster/times-pic.html Unlikely friendship piques Hollywood interest]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/nyregion/01gangster.html? A New Jersey Crime Story’s Hollywood Ending]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Richie Roberts — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Richie Roberts nació en el Bronx, el 23 de junio de 1941, pero creció y se educó en Nueva Jersey. Fue marine del ejército de los Estados Unidos antes de ingresar en la Policía de Nueva York. En 1963, entró a trabajar …   Wikipedia Español

  • Richie Roberts — Richard M. (Richie) Roberts (* 23. Juni 1941 in Bronx, New York) ist ein US amerikanischer Anwalt und früherer Polizeibeamter aus New Jersey. Er wurde bekannt durch die Verfilmung „American Gangster“, die seine Rolle im Zusammenhang mit der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Richie Roberts — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Roberts. Richard M. « Richie » Roberts (né le 23 Juin 1929[réf. souhaitée]) à Newark dans le New Jersey (USA) est un ancien détective de la police du New Jersey et un avocat pénaliste. Il …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Richie — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Richie est à la fois un prénom masculin et un nom de famille d origine anglo saxonne. Lorsque c est un diminutif, il est parfois orthographié Ritchie. Il… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Roberts — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Le nom Roberts est un patronyme gallois courant, que portent de nombreuses célébrités en Grande Bretagne, en Amérique du nord et dans bien des communautés …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Richie Porte — Richie Porte …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Dancing on the Ceiling (Lionel Richie song) — Dancing on the Ceiling Single by Lionel Richie from the album Dancing on the Ceiling B side Love Will Find a Way Released June 19, 1986 …   Wikipedia

  • Luke Roberts — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Roberts. Luke Roberts …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Andy Roberts (cricketer) — Infobox Cricketer nationality = West Indian country = West Indies country abbrev = WI name = Andy Roberts picture = Cricket no pic.png batting style = Right hand bat bowling style = Right arm fast balls = true tests = 47 test runs = 762 test bat… …   Wikipedia

  • American Gangster (film) — Infobox Film name = American Gangster caption = Theatrical release poster director = Ridley Scott producer = Ridley Scott Brian Grazer James Whitaker Steven Zaillian Nicholas Pileggi writer = Mark Jacobson (article) Steven Zaillian starring =… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”