Bautista-Dalson pleads not guilty to charges of assisting Negie Fallis

UKIAH, CA., 8/27/18 — Antonia Bautista-Dalson, 21 of Covelo, plead not guilty in Mendocino County Superior Court today to felony charges of harboring, concealing, and aiding Negie Fallis, who is accused of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and who will go to trial on October 15. Fallis is the primary suspect in the disappearance of missing Covelo woman, Khadijah Britton, who was last seen by witnesses allegedly being forced into a car at gunpoint by Fallis in Covelo on February 7.

Bautista-Dalson, who is known to be romantically involved with Fallis, is accused of helping him hide several firearms during a search of a Covelo residence on February 19th, where Fallis was allegedly hiding and where he was subsequently arrested on a warrant related to a reported beating of Britton. She is also accused of hiding a wanted felon. No charges relating to Britton’s disappearance have been filed against Fallis, although he will face the charge of possessing a firearm in October. The charge against Bautista-Dalson is not directly related to Britton’s disappearance; instead, it stems from allegations that she assisted in hiding Fallis and helping him possess of a firearm, which is illegal because he is a felon.