Richard Wheatley, Jr.

**Richard "Richie" Wheatley, Jr.** was the son of crime boss, Richard Wheatley and professor Angela Wheatley.

## History

### Season 1

Richie is seen speaking with Wheatley in his wine cellar about business. Richie and Wheatley are then approached by Ryan who tells them that Sinatra is waiting for them upstairs. (OC: "What Happens in Puglia")

Richie approaches Gina at the club and starts flirting with her before being taken away by Wheatley. Richie suggests that Wheatley would have the mob do some dangerous work and Wheatley likes Richie's idea. Richie and Wheatley then enter a meeting with Joey and his crew. Wheatley claims that he doesn't want to be apart of the family business but he just met with them to make a proposal. (OC: "Not Your Father's Organized Crime")

Richie approaches Gina at the club and Gina tells him that she finishes work early tomorrow night and that he should drop by and they will go somewhere. Later, Gina meets up with Richie and she claims that she is upset with him because they are two blocks from her work and if one of Joey's boys saw them then she would be in trouble. Later, while with a group of friends, Richie looks for Gina and goes upstairs. Joey approaches Richie and starts verbally harassing him and teasing him. Gina then kisses Joey while Richie is watching before getting into a fight with Joey. After they leave, Gina runs out of the bar and catches up with Wheatley and Richie and tells Wheatley that Richie was protecting her from Joey. Gina tells them that she ended things with Joey but it didn't go too well. Wheatley then invites Gina to Richie's birthday dinner to celebrate with them. (OC: "Say Hello To My Little Friends")

Gina attends Richie's birthday party and has to tolerate a few offensive remarks made by Wheatley because she's just a cocktail waitress. Wheatley makes offensive comments towards Gina, which sets off Richie, causing him to lash out and leave the table. (OC: "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of")

Wheatley approaches Richie while he is teaching Gina how to shoot a gun. Wheatley then pulls Richie aside and tells Richie that Gina is an undercover cop and that she planted a bug in his wine cellar. Richie refuses to believe their accusations but Dana shows Richie the footage of Gina planting the bug. Wheatley then orders Richie to take Gina out for a romantic getaway but orders him to murder her on the way. Richie refuses to kill her but Wheatley tells him that he will ask Dana to do the dirty work for him like always. Richie then tells Wheatley that he will kill Gina. While they are in the car, Gina starts to notice something off with Richie but Richie tells her that everything is fine. Gina tells Richie that there is a lighthouse nearby and Richie agrees to take her. Richie then parks the car outside an abandoned park and they take a walk inside. Gina becomes frightened of Richie and Richie asks Gina to walk in the woods before putting a gun to her head. Richie claims that he knows that she is a cop and asks her to tell him the truth. Gina tells Richie the full truth about how she is a cop before taking the gun away from Richie and pointing the gun at him. Gina tells Richie that Wheatley is a dangerous criminal and she wants him to work with them but Richie assaults her and takes the gun from her. Richie then shoots her in the stomach before being approached by Bekher who took the body away. (OC: "I Got This Rat")

### Arrest

At the Wheatley home, Richie and Wheatley met with Bekher by the pool. Wheatley then has Bekher killed by one of the men from his new security group with Richie as a witness. While on their way to make a deal with Gianluca Silvano, Wheatley tells Richie that he had to kill Bekher because he witnessed Richie murder a police officer which he would hold over Richie's head for the rest of his life. Later, during a search, Gina's body was discovered by police in a shallow grave, after she was murdered and buried by Richie. Later, Richie was arrested alongside Wheatley, Dana and other members of Contrapos. While Richie was in custody, Bell found out that Richie murdered Gina and expressed anger towards him, threatening him. Richie broke down crying in the corner of the prison cell and was yelling for Wheatley. (OC: "Everybody Takes A Beating Sometime")

Richie, Dana and Wheatley were taken to court for the litany of crimes that they committed. However, Richie found out that Wheatley murdered his grandfather. After Richie found out that Wheatley was being taken from the prison to meet with Vince Baldi, Richie approached the Marcy Killers in the prison. Richie claimed that he knew someone that they worked for, Congressman Kilbride. Hugo then got up and threatened Richie. While Richie and Hugo were in the shower, Richie asked Hugo to help him order a hit on Wheatley. Hugo then claimed that he doesn't know Kilbride but he knows a guy by the name of Mr. Taylor. As a result, Hugo arranged for Wheatley to be murdered. While being transferred to meet with Baldi, Wheatley was shot at multiple times and was rescued by Stabler and Bell. (OC: "Forget It Jake; It's Chinatown")

### Season 2

When Wheatley televised a list of his demands, Wheatley told the NYPD that he wanted Richie to be released from prison. Later, Richie was released from prison and taken by Gunther to meet with Wheatley. Gunther took Richie to a secret location where Richie reunited with Wheatley, while the NYPD watched him. Richie became confused about what he was doing there and Wheatley told Richie that he is starting to plan his future but Richie will not be apart of his future. Wheatley then pulled out a gun and shot and killed Richie with the NYPD watching him. (OC: "...Wheatley Is To Stabler")

### On SVU

When Carisi and Richie were going through Richie's testimony for the trial, Richie claimed that he doesn't need protective custody and that nobody knows he's going to testify. Carisi claims that he will have to inform the defense before trial. Richie claimed that after what his father did to his family, he's dead to him. Later, Richie virtually testified at the trial of Richard Wheatley, after he was charged for the murder of Kathy Stabler. On the stand, Richie suddenly denied hearing Bekher say anything to Wheatley about killing Kathy. Carisi reads off Richie's statement and claims that Richie said that he heard Bekher plotting to kill Kathy. Richie claims that he lied to Carisi because he was mad at his father. (SVU: "People Vs Richard Wheatley")

## Known Victims

### Personal

* Joey Raven (assaulted)
* Gina Cappelletti (murdered)

### Proxy

* Richard Wheatley (ordered a hit on him; was rescued)

## Appearances

* Law & Order: Organized Crime
	+ Season 1: "What Happens in Puglia" • "Not Your Father's Organized Crime" • "Say Hello To My Little Friends" • "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" • "I Got This Rat" • "Everybody Takes A Beating Sometime" • "Forget It Jake; It's Chinatown"
	+ Season 2: "...Wheatley Is To Stabler"
* Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
	+ Season 23: "People Vs Richard Wheatley"