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Target 11 Exclusive: West Mifflin Murder Victim's Family Speaks Out Killer Is Fake Navy SEAL
Jobeth Olson of West Mifflin was a freshman at Pitt
when she was swept off her feet by James Nalls, who convinced her he
was a Navy SEAL. The couple had a child together. Jobeth's mother,
Amy, said Nalls pretended to be a war hero and Jobeth respected that
because the Olsons have a relative who was a Navy SEAL and lost his
leg in combat. Jobeth's sister, Mary Therese, said Nalls claimed to
have been shot, but they found out later that a scar on his shoulder
was actually from a football injury. Jobeth found out Nalls was never
a Navy SEAL. He was a Navy cook.
Amy Olson said, "She was angry and I think that was the straw that broke the camel's back that then turned this into a tumultuous relationship." ... |
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Killer is most notorious of many fake Navy
SEALs
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Of the 10,000 or so impostors who have been caught lying about being Navy SEALs, James Edward Nalls may be the most notorious. An Allegheny County jury this week convicted him of third-degree murder in the shooting of his 19-year-old girlfriend. Mr. Nalls, 25, of West Mifflin, was the first fake SEAL to be convicted of so serious a crime, said Tucker Campion, a retired SEAL and a leader in a national organization that exposes those who falsely claim to have been members of the Navy's elite Sea, Air and Land forces....
Staff writer Gabrielle Banks contributed. Milan Simonich can be
reached at msimonich@post-gazette.com
or 412-263-1956.
First published on June 14, 2008 at 12:00 am
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Boyfriend charged in fatal shooting of West Mifflin woman
Friday, April 06, 2007
By Moustafa Ayad, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A West Mifflin man last night was charged with the shooting death of
his girlfriend
in an Applebee's parking lot Monday.
Allegheny County and West Mifflin police arrested James Edward Nalls,
23, in the
fatal shooting of Jobeth Olson, 19, as she sat in the driver's seat of
a minivan
around 9:30 p.m.
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(Moustafa Ayad can be reached at mayad@post-gazette.com or
412-263-1731. )
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Bond raised for man who claimed to be SEAL
Saturday, August 19, 2006
By Gabrielle Banks, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
An Allegheny County judge yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of
a
West Mifflin man who falsely claimed last year, to dozens of
alternative
school students, that he was a Navy SEAL injured on a rescue mission
in
Fallujah, Iraq.
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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette revealed in June
2005 that he was never a
Navy SEAL and lied when he regaled students
and staff members at the
Phase 4 Learning Center at Century III Mall
with the story of how he
helped save seven stranded soldiers in Iraq.
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(Gabrielle Banks can be reached at gbanks@post-gazette.com or 412-263-
1370.)
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