With all the good things you hear about Reggie Rice of Louisville Kentucky, you would probably forget that he was a major drug kingpin that controlled the cocaine trade in Louisville for 10 years. Hailing from the Victory Park section of Louisville, Reggie "Double R" Rice was deemed the "Robin Hood drug dealer" by local law enforcement and residents as he was legendary for using the fruits of his cocaine empire and giving back to his community. His good Deeds included giving churches money for community affairs, gave money for scholarships to send neighborhood kids to college, bought teens from his hood clothes, shoes and book bags to go to school with. If the hood needed, he looked out, and quite generously. He also owned several legal businesses in the city. His neighborhood showed love and gratitude to him by giving a gangster what he needs most, information. If someone was planning to get him hit, he knew about it. If a police raid was coming, he knew about it. Anything that happened, he knew about it. People didnt cooperate with the police instead they would
tell Double R.
Reggie started in the drug game in the early 90's with Lapugh Rutledge, a well known drug distributor in several states, whom gave him drugs on consignment. Reggie climbed his way to the top selling $20 crack pieces and eventually supplying other dealers. Former narcotics officers that knew Reggie said that he lasted in the game by working with a small circle of people that he trusted. He followed the code of the streets neverwad crossing anybody and definitely never cooperated with police, even when he himself was the victim of a crime. He was shot during a deal that went sideways, and he was bound with duct tape then robbed for more than $10, 000 worth of jewelry but still didn't snitch. Instead he handled things on his own. He was known for having a team of murderers that he would pay to put in work for him.
Playing the game by the rules paid off for the Louisville kingpin, a fact that can be proven by all of the times he slipped out of the grasp of the legal system. In 1995 Reggie was caught in the middle of buying some weight. The cops got there a little too early because they only found 2 grams of coke on him but found 700 grams of coke hidden in the panel of his connects car. Reggie got a year for possession but the connect got 18 years for trafficking, the charge that was meant for Reggie. In 1996 Reggie got a man killed and was arrested along with the shooter for murder. The prosecution's key witness, Reggie's driver whom was apart of the set up, refused to testify against them and Reggie and his shooter walked free after fighting the case from jail for 2 years. The driver got ten years for criminal facilitation of the murder. The prosecution was upset that Reggie slipped away again. Reggie came home and took it to the top again reaching a higher level than he was before. In 2004 the Fbi wiretapped more than 4000 of his cell phone calls and ran down on him as he was buying 20 kilos from his Mexican connect in a McDonalds parking lot. The Feds recovered 20 keys and the money then went to his house and found another two kilos and 3 guns. Reggie Rice was finally caught red handed, or so they thought. Reggie's lawyers discovered a discrepancy with the warrant, the warrant said that the FBI did physical survailance which led to a reason for wiretaps and arrest warrant, but one of the agents testified in court saying that no surveillance was done on Reggie and that they arrested him solely from the wiretap conversations. The lawyers jumped on it and the judge was legally forced to throw the case out for Reggie and his 11 co-defendants. Reggie escaped a possible life sentence for drug trafficking but was given 3 Years for the guns. In 2007 he was a free man yet again. Following the rules of baseball Reggie considered that his 3rd strike and got out, leaving the drug game for good.
At the Louisville University Hospital In September of 2014 after a long battle with cancer Reggie "Double R" Rice was finally able to rest In peace. Louisville was heart broken, including Reggie's long time friend, retired NBA star Derrick Anderson who told Andrew Wolfson of the courier Journal that he "would always be loyal to him... he was a great friend and we'll alwAys be great friends". Anderson was one of many people to share kind memories including retired police officers, prosecutors, lawyers and even a judge had to show respect for the Louisville Robin Hood. Reggie Rice did some thing rare in the drug game, he played the game the right way and won, a true kingpin.
tell Double R.
Reggie started in the drug game in the early 90's with Lapugh Rutledge, a well known drug distributor in several states, whom gave him drugs on consignment. Reggie climbed his way to the top selling $20 crack pieces and eventually supplying other dealers. Former narcotics officers that knew Reggie said that he lasted in the game by working with a small circle of people that he trusted. He followed the code of the streets neverwad crossing anybody and definitely never cooperated with police, even when he himself was the victim of a crime. He was shot during a deal that went sideways, and he was bound with duct tape then robbed for more than $10, 000 worth of jewelry but still didn't snitch. Instead he handled things on his own. He was known for having a team of murderers that he would pay to put in work for him.
Playing the game by the rules paid off for the Louisville kingpin, a fact that can be proven by all of the times he slipped out of the grasp of the legal system. In 1995 Reggie was caught in the middle of buying some weight. The cops got there a little too early because they only found 2 grams of coke on him but found 700 grams of coke hidden in the panel of his connects car. Reggie got a year for possession but the connect got 18 years for trafficking, the charge that was meant for Reggie. In 1996 Reggie got a man killed and was arrested along with the shooter for murder. The prosecution's key witness, Reggie's driver whom was apart of the set up, refused to testify against them and Reggie and his shooter walked free after fighting the case from jail for 2 years. The driver got ten years for criminal facilitation of the murder. The prosecution was upset that Reggie slipped away again. Reggie came home and took it to the top again reaching a higher level than he was before. In 2004 the Fbi wiretapped more than 4000 of his cell phone calls and ran down on him as he was buying 20 kilos from his Mexican connect in a McDonalds parking lot. The Feds recovered 20 keys and the money then went to his house and found another two kilos and 3 guns. Reggie Rice was finally caught red handed, or so they thought. Reggie's lawyers discovered a discrepancy with the warrant, the warrant said that the FBI did physical survailance which led to a reason for wiretaps and arrest warrant, but one of the agents testified in court saying that no surveillance was done on Reggie and that they arrested him solely from the wiretap conversations. The lawyers jumped on it and the judge was legally forced to throw the case out for Reggie and his 11 co-defendants. Reggie escaped a possible life sentence for drug trafficking but was given 3 Years for the guns. In 2007 he was a free man yet again. Following the rules of baseball Reggie considered that his 3rd strike and got out, leaving the drug game for good.
At the Louisville University Hospital In September of 2014 after a long battle with cancer Reggie "Double R" Rice was finally able to rest In peace. Louisville was heart broken, including Reggie's long time friend, retired NBA star Derrick Anderson who told Andrew Wolfson of the courier Journal that he "would always be loyal to him... he was a great friend and we'll alwAys be great friends". Anderson was one of many people to share kind memories including retired police officers, prosecutors, lawyers and even a judge had to show respect for the Louisville Robin Hood. Reggie Rice did some thing rare in the drug game, he played the game the right way and won, a true kingpin.
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