Negie Fallis, the Lead Suspect in Khadijah Britton’s Disappearance, is Out of Prison and Back in Local Court
42-year-old Negie Fallis, the lead suspect in the 2018 disappearance of Round Valley’s Khadijah Britton, has been released from thirteen months in federal prison and now sits in the Mendocino County jail awaiting court.
Khadijah Britton went missing over four-and-a-half years ago. During that time, Fallis, the man law enforcement suspects made her disappear, has spent nearly two-and-a-half years behind bars. Fallis has managed to elude criminal prosecution for his suspected role in the disappearance of Khadijah.
On the night of February 8, 2018, Fallis allegedly forced Britton into a vehicle at gunpoint outside of a Covelo residence. After this incident, Britton was never seen or heard from again. Since that night, Fallis’s alleged culpability in Britton’s disappearance has become public knowledge but remains untested in a court of law.
Just six days after pointing a gun at Khadijah Britton and forcing her into a car, Fallis was booked in the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office for multiple felonies associated with Britton’s disappearance including kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, corporal injury to a spouse, and burglary. However, these charges were dismissed.
The Mendocino County District Attorney’s Office would go forward with a felony charge of possession of a firearm by a felon. This charge would stick. In December 2018, Fallis was sentenced to four years in state prison after pleading no contest to felony firearms charges.
Instead of serving four years, was released in fifteen months. Fallis was back in Mendocino County by February 2020. Upon release, he was immediately in court because he was on Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) at the time of the 2018 incident that resulted in the firearm charges. These charges violated the terms of Fallis’s PRCS. For violating those terms, Fallis served sixty days at the Mendocino County jail.
On June 4, 2020, just four months after being freed from state prison, deputies encountered Fallis on a rural Covelo road and found him with drug paraphernalia, a stolen handgun, and a converted rifle. He was arrested.
This incident resulted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issuing a felony warrant for Fallis. He was transferred to federal custody in October 2020 and by late August 2021, he would plead guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. A judge sentenced Fallis to 27 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release.
Instead of serving over two years, Fallis was released from federal prison in thirteen months. On September 9, 2022, Fallis was back in the Mendocino County Courthouse.
Fallis’s current case once again revolves around his PRCS. His actions in June 2020 violated the terms of his PRCS resulting in an automatic hearing to assess his adherence to his terms. A bench warrant was issued for him back in October 2020 when he was transferred into federal custody. Upon his release from federal prison earlier this month, police acted on the warrant, and back behind bars he went.
Court documents indicate Fallis’s PRCS was revoked pending a hearing, a maneuver used if the terms of PRCS are violated. This could result in jail or prison time. A hearing in Judge Keith Faulder’s courtroom at 1:30 p.m. today will determine the next steps.
Khadijah Britton [Photographs from the Help Find Khadijah Facebook page]
Law enforcement has expressed their deeply-held belief that the key to solving Britton’s case lies in the community. In February 2021, Mendocino County Sheriff Matt Kendall stood alongside Khadijah’s mother Connie, and FBI Agent Scott Shelbe imploring those who knew of Britton’s fate to come forward.
Britton’s family has advocated for more law enforcement resources to find their missing loved one and spread her story to advocate for the plight of Native American women, 84.3% of which suffer some form of domestic violence according to the Department of Justice.
Now, the man implicated in their daughter’s disappearance has once again returned to Mendocino County. Negie Fallis’s time behind bars is likely little consolation to a family who prays that one day they will be able to bring their daughter home.
If anyone in the community has information regarding the disappearance of Khadijah Britton, contact the FBI at (415)553-7400 or www.tips.fbi.gov. Tips can also be provided directly to MCSO by calling (707)463-4086 or accessing their anonymous tip line at www.wetip.com.
Remember, despite statements from law enforcement and members of the community, Negie Fallis’s role in the disappearance of Khadijah Britton has not been proven in a court of law. In accordance with the legal principle of the presumption of innocence, any individual described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Earlier Chapters:
- Woman Missing After Allegedly Abducted by Boyfriend
- Suspect in Disappearance of Missing woman Arrested Last Night/ She Has Not Yet Been Located
- After Capturing Her Kidnapping Suspect, Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department Searching for Missing Woman
- $10,000 Reward in Khadijah Britton Kidnap Case
- Family Ups Reward to $25,000 in Khadijah Britton Kidnapping Case
- Missing Woman’s Family Increases Reward for Information to $60,000
- Close to 75 Searchers Including National Guard, Helicopter, and Six Dogs in Covelo Area Looking for Abducted Woman, Khadijah Britton
- Over 100 People Searched for Kidnapped Woman Today But She Wasn’t Found
- Couple Allegedly Connected to Missing Woman’s Case Pled Guilty to Other Charges
- Charges Against Only Suspect in Disappearance of Khadijah Britton Reduced
- ‘Numerous Rumors’ Have Mendocino Sheriff Leading Multi-Agency Search for Khadijah Britton, Missing Covelo Woman
- Searchers Drain Pond in Covelo Area Searching for Missing Woman, Khadijah Britton
- Family Members of Khadijah Britton Attend a Protest for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People on the Same Day the Suspect in Her Disappearance Faces Federal Charges
- Activists for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Rally to Remember Khadijah Britton Three Years After She Disappeared
- The FBI Will Join Mendocino Sheriff Matt Kendall for Facebook Live Announcement About Missing Woman, Khadijah Britton
- ‘Somebody Knows’: FBI Offers $10,000 Reward For Information Leading to Khadijah Britton
- Over Two Hundred Mendocino County Residents Gather in Ukiah to Celebrate Mural Depicting Round Valley’s Khadijah Britton
- Four Years After Disappearing, the Fate of Round Valley’s Khadijah Britton Haunts Her Family and Local Law Enforcement
- A Charred Covelo Building Proves the Perfect Canvas for a Mural Depicting Missing Woman Khadijah Britton
- Negie Fallis, the Lead Suspect in Khadijah Britton’s Disappearance, is Out of Prison and Back in Local Court
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Here we go again. Another early release of a POS in Comifornia. Liberal BS leaders are weak on crime, weak on enforcing the rights of law abiding citizens. Whoever was responsible for his early release should serve the rest of his prison term, and if it was a committee, lock up the whole damn committee. Enough is enough.
If you read the article it says he was just released from federal prison.
But, can he comprehend the difference?
Send him to Guantanamo, they’ll get answers.
I think they are referring to the fools thar passed props 47 and 57. But continue to show your potentially just as delusional as the original commenter. Seems to be what yall are good at!
Do you know why those laws were passed?
California remains under a Supreme Court order to REDUCE its prison population to 133% of capacity. California tried the whole “tough on crime” thing, locked up everyone the state could, and all it accomplished was to create a third world level of squalor in the prisons that was so bad the federal government had to step in.
Ok, so the liberals at the Federal level likely took lessons from the loser liberals in CA. Either way, the ones who actually have a sentence against them are the honest citizens who keep being victimized by the same trash being put back into society. The criminals are generally free to commit crimes over and over. I hope when you are the victim of crimes you remember the criminals are only expressing themselves and just need to be understood. Remember to call a psychobabler mental health professional to get them help instead of the cops. Cops don’t need to be bothered with arresting criminals who won’t be prosecuted.
You can pretty much make believe any situation to be true, especially in your own mind.
Just throwing that one out there.
This guy is definitely a criminal and surely needs to answer questions about Kaddijahs disappearance. He is good for this crime, they need to figure out how to pressure him, and get him to make an admission. Alf, hush up about your dividing politics. Everyone from all political stripes wants this guy caught.
The more you buy into the division the more you are a sucker.
Unfortunately it’s liberals who want open borders and sanctuary cities/states which has in fact increased many crimes. Their ideology is a major cause of less criminals being arrested and kept behind bars. It’s not a matter of trying to divide, but an absolute refusal to accept the extreme carelessness by liberal ideology.
Sounds like we need to raise taxes to build more prisons and hire more officers if were gonna lock these guys up. I’m all for it, but no one would vote for it, especially conservatives. Get what you pay for I guess?
Actually statistically Cops as a profession are the worst domestic abusers . These Right wing poster boys are a big reason why domestic violence is not taken with seriousness it should be .
It’s the left wing liberals! Gruesome and sleepy joe loves all the drug infested cities,open borders and giving ukraine billions of dollars! Why can’t we help our own citizens out? Poor veterans, drought conditions everywhere, and crime through the roof! These democrats are deplorable!
Turns out a lot of cops don’t like having their “authoritariah” questioned at home any than they do at a traffic stop . Not saying all police are domestic batterers, but all of them are obligated to protect the bad ones.
Waging proxy wars against Russia is more important than helping the non-rich citizens of the USA.
Democrat or Republican, war hawks will be war hawks and the MIC keeps on churning.
You’re just blathering about every possible subject except the one at hand.
I couldn’t agree with you more!
I would challenge you to consider that this occurs on both sides of the table. Human beings need to band together and advocate for justice together. No more pointing fingers- it is up to us to act upon the change we seek. As a community we owe it to each other to voice concern. It’s coming up on an election year. I challenge you to voice your concerns more broadly without placing blame. We are the ones who vote to keep these people in office. This isn’t about politics anymore it’s about saving our society and it can’t happen if one side keeps blaming the other.
I vote for change every election. The population at large is liberal, therefore conservative voters don’t actually get counted even though it would be positive change. The liberals don’t want change so everything is stagnant.
Wtf?! This is seriously the most toxic fucking ignorant commenting bunch of fucking morons anywhere!! Every damn day nothing but toxic hate in the comment section here. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY!!! No actual discussion ever just dumbfucks spewing about muh freedoms.
Regulate your comment section. Get a moderator. Do anything!! Fuck! Why do you let this shit run rampant daily?!
Seriously this is the most toxic bunch of people commenting daily!! Please do better
If the comment you are replying to set you off, it appears you don’t want conservatives to comment?
Coming soon to a street near you! 🙄
Another candidate for retroactive birth control…
His neck tattoo says “Indian”
He must be from India
Oh. That’s why.
It’s nice these guys tattoo themselves for easy identification to authorities.
I agree, he might as well tattoo a bullseye on his face
Wade Harris part II?
https://kymkemp.com/2020/08/17/hcso-identifies-wade-harris-as-the-man-found-shot-dead-on-old-harris-road-in-southeastern-humboldt/
Yeah, I was thinking of what happened to wade Harris too.
I wish they could find her body to give the family closure.
👍🏻
I’m blown away by the incompetence of the people in our “justice” system. Doesn’t forcing somebody into a car at gunpoint and driving them away to disappear constitute Kidnapping? And doesn’t kidnapping itself carry a very long prison sentence? Why doesn’t the Mendocino County DA press that charge?!! Yeah- I know Eyster is a corrupt POS who has discouraged us all repeatedly but c’mon- this guy isn’t a cop and we are all very aware of this situation!!
What happened to his face?
I got to tell you Joe, pertaining to your question, the first thing to come to my mind was the fire starter girl from last month whose hair was sticking straight up! I think there’s a good possibility by mistake he put dynamite in his meth pipe!!!???
Bottom line. Women on the Rez are treated like shit.
Come on people. Come on women loving these losers. Do better, choose better, want better. Be the Change! Don’t like all that ridiculous, scandalous ass shenanigans that happened in the past then CHOOSE TO DO BETTER! No need to keep ignoring situations. Lying, hiding, ignoring truths. No need to keep driving home hurtful issues from those passed. Who wins? Certainly, we can do better as a whole. Punishment needs to fit crimes. Repeat offenders should not receive sentencing breaks. And yeah… what the hell did he do to his face. Flash burn from butane? How about send his ass on the Nome Cult walk this week with no water.
Since they have witness testimony that he kidnapped her isn’t that enough to put him in prison? Why not?
It’s true that women need to stop being involved with these guys. But if restraining orders are unenforced and the DA doesn’t feel kidnapping is enough to make an arrest telling women to leave or get away is meaningless posing. They can’t get away, everything is stacked against them getting away from these guys.
If she managed to kill him instead of being kidnapped she would have gone to prison for a very long time. Women are not allowed to defend themselves and they aren’t allowed to get away from guys like this.
Are you f*$#ing kidding me!! California is one messed up place, where you can commit all kinds of crime, be sentenced for years in prison but only serve about a year (13 months). We are doomed, and the liberals that have been running this shit show continue to win elections, WTF people.
Wake up, these healing programs for career criminals are not working. Lock this POS up for life and be done with it so he cant continue to hurt people or potential kill somebody, likely a police officer next time they try to arrest him.
I would gladly pay my taxes for more prisons and police, rather than spending them on rehabilitation programs for people like this shit bag.
This maybe a little off topic but does anybody else find it interesting how we in our country criticize the taliban for not letting women be educated but we have no problem telling women what they can and can not do or is it just me??