Inside The Wild Life Of Richie Roberts, The Prosecutor Who Helped Put Drug Kingpin Frank Lucas Behind Bars
All That's Interesting | 05.05.2026 08:00
In the 1960s and ’70s, Frank Lucas was one of the biggest names in the New York drug scene. He ruled the city’s heroin market, but he wasn’t infallible. In 1976, he was convicted of drug trafficking, and it was all thanks to prosecutor Richie Roberts — or, at least, that’s what American Gangster would lead you to believe.
