MENDOCINO CO., 2/20/26 – A Covelo man who is a person of interest in the high-profile disappearance of Round Valley Indian Tribes member Khadijah Britton eight years ago has been charged with four felonies in a separate case, a shooting that injured a man in November.
Negie Fallis, 45, was arrested by the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office in late January and booked into the Mendocino County Jail for his alleged involvement in a shooting in Covelo on Nov. 18.
According to Mendocino County sheriff’s spokesperson Capt. Quincy Cromer, a 28-year-old man had arrived at Adventist Health Howard Memorial, a hospital in Willits, with a gunshot wound to his foot.
Earlier in the day on Nov. 18, the victim was visiting a residence on Airport Road in Covelo to collect money he was owed. About 10 minutes later, a vehicle arrived. The victim got into the vehicle and spoke with the driver, who was later identified as Fallis.
After a short period of time, an argument ensued, and Fallis exited the vehicle with a firearm. After a struggle between Fallis and the victim, the gun discharged, striking the victim in the foot.
“We don’t believe it was accidental. If there is an intent to shoot someone and you are struggling over a gun, it’s still attempted murder. It comes down to him brandishing and displaying the gun against the victim,” Cromer said in a recent interview.
Fallis has been charged with four felonies — attempted murder, assault with a firearm, possession of a firearm by a felon, and transportation of a controlled substance, as well as potential sentencing enhancements.
Fallis has been investigated for the disappearance of Britton, a woman who was last seen at her home in Covelo in February 2018. According to Cromer, Fallis is still a person of interest in that case.
The shooting case against Fallis is set to return to court on Feb. 27 to potentially set a date for a preliminary hearing.
catch & release ? mendo county sherrifs are a total f’n joke
I didn’t see that they were released. And I don’t think that they did. It just talks about it’s going back to trial soon. It didn’t specify that he’s having to come to Ukiah for the trial.
They better not release him… This guy is a POS, and all of us in the community knows what happened to Khadijah Britton.
He needs to be neutralize
It’s been years since she disappeared and everyone in Covello and Beyond knows who made her disappear. Everyone also knows that if you want to make someone disappear in the mountains it’s easy to do here in Mendocino County. What a shock that he could be accused if anything after that right?
Wasn’t he seen dragging Britton out of her home before she “disappeared?”