Category: Phony soldiers

We wrote about Derek Alldred earlier last month when he was arrested for defrauding women across the country, pretending to be a Navy SEAL. He was supposed to show up in court yesterday in Arizona, but, instead, he absconded and there’s a warrant out for him. From KARE:

“At this point he is a public safety risk to our community,” the Phoenix prosecutor told the judge.

But by making bail and disappearing before sentencing, he appears to have slipped through the cracks of justice again.

“It’s frustrating that it feels like the court systems don’t take this kind of crime seriously and they keep allowing him to run,” Linda said.

There is now a warrant out for Alldred’s arrest in Arizona. If he’s caught he’ll be held on $100,000 bail.

I hear that he’s using a new name – Steele Peterson

The folks at Guardian of Valor send us their work on this Art Medina fellow who claims that he was in 1/3 Marines in Fallujah. In this video he talks about his “survivor’s guilt” and you get big, fat crocodile tears at the end of the video;

Art did what everyone does who doesn’t have a service dog or a motorcycle gang these days – he started a charity.

He gets face time with some of the stars of the Marine Corps;

If they knew the truth about him, I don’t think anyone from the Corps would pose with him;

He was a deserter for ten years from March 1986 – September 1995.

There’s much more at GoV link, so you should click over and read the whole story.

Once again, our Canadian friends send us their work on one of their countryman, this time it’s this lovely piece of work, James Wellheiser;

Wellheiser (DOB 2 March 1946) came to the attention of Stolen Valour-Canada when an on-line image was forwarded to us for comment. SV-C conducted a thorough review of all available records including websites, newspaper articles, photographic images, searchable data bases of medal recipients and extracts from military documents, in Canada and the US was conducted in order to determine the legitimacy of his medals and insignia.

Our research efforts indicate that Wellheiser appears to be wearing medals, awards, military insignia and accoutrements without meeting the legal meeting the legal requirements or having the qualifying service.

Wellheiser, a Canadian, has stated he joined the US military in 1964 and fought in Vietnam. Initially, he served with “2nd Air Cav” and after that unit was disbanded, he became a SF soldier with the PRT (Provincial Reconnaissance Team) and alludes to being a Phoenix program operator. He also claims he killed the highest ranking NVA officer during the war, with a .257 sniper rifle…

He routinely wears a Canadian Airborne Regiment Association blazer however, he states that he never served in the Canadian Forces. In fact, Wellheiser swore under oath “that he enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1961, through the militia (Reserve Forces) program. In 1964, he enlisted in the United States of America Army and served eight months before returning to the Canadian militia.” Concurrently, he was a organ repairman during his claimed US Army service period in RVN.

He’s wearing a most unique, and somewhat bizarre, group of Canadian, US & Republic of Vietnam medals and insignia on his Canadian Airborne Regiment Association blazer. Included in his medallic display is the RVN Cross of Gallantry, RVN Wound Medal, US National Defence Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal & Vietnam Campaign Medal, partially hidden is the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and there’s a recently awarded Minister Of Veteran’s Affairs Commendation above his wings. Wellheiser is also wearing the RVN Parachutist badge, an obsolete pattern air assault badge (awarded only to members of the 11th Airborne Division, which was deactivated in June 1965) and the Combat Infantry badge. Interestingly, there is a paucity of US Army medals and insignia that would correspond with the Army of RVN awards and insignia! This could be due to a series of administrative errors or, it could indicate that Wellheiser has manufactured and/or embellished his claimed 8 months of service in the US Army.

Additionally, his claims of being adopted by a First Nation Band have been questioned for many years so, it appears he’s a cross cultural poser too. Although he did get into a stand off with LE while carrying a shield and a tomahawk!

It’s SV-Cs opinion that Wellheiser could be committing an offence under s419 of the Criminal Code of Canada – “Unlawful use of military uniforms or certificates”. An offence that several individuals have been tried and convicted in Ontario over the past 18 months including Franck Gervais, Donald Lemmond & Eric Janssens.

UPDATE (Mar 13, 2017): We got the sad news today from our friends at Stolen Valour – Canada that Mr. WellHeiser has passed from this world – he has shuffled off his mortal coil, on March 12, 2017.

He died, 12 Mar 2017, an unapologetic, cross cultural fake, a poser and embellisher. Had he died 4 months ago, he would have no doubt received a full regimental funeral based on his bogus military narrative. Now, after his medallic fakery has been exposed, he’ll be lucky if he’s planted somewhere out in the back forty in a piss stained cardboard box!

I’m sure that someone will determine that it was my fault he died.

Meet William Glenn Hill, the senior and the junior. They live in Columbus, Georgia and operate a business called Spec Ops Worldwide.

The Senior Mr. Hill is a Vietnam veteran – he was a wireman with the 199th Infantry Brigade and it looks like he was evacuated for injuries he sustained there and he was awarded a Purple Heart;

But there’s no Silver Star, or Combat Infantryman Badge or jump wings, or most of the other stuff that he’s wearing in that picture. He definitely doesn’t know how to wear a beret.

Junior is another story;

No service. Which probably explains why nothing on his uniform is displayed properly.

He does have a record though, as a person of interest.

They’ve been busted as phonies before, but I hear that they’re back at it. They can’t be too bright walking around Columbus, Georgia dressed like that, though.

You might remember Greg Allen from when our buddy Dan Noyes busted him last year. He claimed to be a Vietnam veteran lieutenant and a sniper. It turned out that he had only a few months in the Navy and never deployed;

He pleaded guilty earlier this year to defrauding the public with his phony story after he initially pleaded not guilty. But, he got this sweet deal from the prosecutor; 3 years on probation and 100 hours of Community Service and $17,977 in restitution.

Someone sends us a link to the story of 57-year-old Jeffrey Prince in North Fort Myers, Florida who dressed in a full Army Combat Uniform and soliciting donations at a shopping center. Deputies questioned him and he claimed that he had been in the Army, but he wouldn’t tell them when.

Prince then said he borrowed the military uniform from someone he would not name.

According to the arrest report, Prince changed his story and told deputies he served in the Marine Corps, but again refused to give his date of service.

Upon further investigation, authorities discovered Prince tried to receive humanitarian care and enroll at the VA, but was ineligible because he never served in any branch of the military.

Florida Man Prince has been arrested more than 70 times in Lee County. Deputies say that he started yelling obscenities at them to punctuate his arrest.

NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida

One of our Facebook fans dropped off a link to the news that Joyell “JD” Riley, who we wrote about six months ago when she was caught pretending to be a Marine and taking donations for her phony breast cancer treatments, was sentenced yesterday in Akron;

Joyell Riley, 41, received three years probation. She also was ordered to make $3,515 in restitution, pay a $7,500 fine and pay a special assessment of $100.

I guess she’s claiming that she had a TBI when she was younger and the judge is going to have her evaluated. She also has other local charges, theft, forgery and tampering with records, that she’s facing.

About two-and-a-half years ago, we wrote about this fellow, Joseph Michael Scott when he was confronted on a college campus in California pretending to be a Ranger. I guess since the Ranger thing didn’t work out for him, he decided to try his hand at cop impersonation, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department;

“Riverbank Police Services Deputies were informed of a male, Joseph Scott of Modesto, that had been impersonating a Stanislaus County Sheriffs Department Deputy. While impersonating a sheriffs deputy, Scott had negligently discharged a firearm in the city of Modesto.

Deputies knew that this incident would need immediate action. The investigation was turned over to the Sheriffs Team Investigating Narcotics and Gangs (STING). STING authored an arrest warrant for Joseph Scott and a search warrant for his home.

On 12/2/16 Scott was taken into custody and booked into the Stanislaus County Jail. A search of his home revealed all of his law enforcement type equipment. This equipment was all taken as evidence. The firearm used was located and is in safe keeping.”

And now, he’s a phony Mexican.