The alleged victims of Shane Michael Falsey were informed on March 29 that their criminal complaints of sexual harassment would not result in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office formally filing charges.

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On March 29, three Santa Clarita women were informed that Shane Falsey, the Saugus man they had all jointly reported for sexual harassment, would not have charges filed against him.

“(A District Attorney official) said he doesn’t seem dangerous, but he’s definitely a sicko,” said Mia Francovich, a single mother who says she has been repeatedly contacted by Falsey. “She told me to just block him (on social media) from now on.”

Francovich claims her interactions with Falsey began nearly four years ago, and were unsolicited and sexually explicit in nature. She says they also included malicious innuendo and jokes about her radial dysplasia, a clubbed arm deficiency that she was born with.

“When I started my Modeling Perfectly Imperfect page, I swore I wouldn’t hide my arm. That’s when he had ammo and hurtful words to use towards me,” said Francovich. “I think the most hurtful part about it was that I told him what was wrong with my arm and what it was called, and yet he still persisted to make fun of it. He called me ‘Stubby’ and continued to ask why my arm is ‘f*cked up.’”

Below are screenshots of the alleged incidents described in this story, which were provided to KHTS.

 

Francovich is not the only Santa Clarita Valley woman that filed complaints against Falsey. Over the course of two months, KHTS has learned of at least five other women who have made complaints to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station regarding Falsey.

This is only a fraction of the women who allege they have been targeted by Falsey.

First Conviction

On June 14, 2007, Falsey was arrested as an adult on charges that he raped a 14-year old girl.

Less than eight months after his stepfather, Officer Michael Pond, had retired from the Burbank Police Department, Falsey would be charged with seven individual counts related to lascivious acts and molestation of a child under 18.

According to court documents obtained by KHTS from the San Fernando Courthouse, when the victim’s friend came to pick her up following the incident, the victim “immediately went into a fetal position with her hands over her face, rocking back and forth, and crying hysterically.”

“On normal activities I find myself scared,” the 14-year-old victim testified during the trial. “I find myself now always having to look over my shoulder.”

Falsey, who was 18 years old at the time of the incident, would return to court four months later to accept a plea deal offered by the District Attorney’s office. He would plead not guilty to six of the seven charges, but was required to enter a plea of no contest to the charge of statutory rape.

The plea deal, according to public court documents, had been asked for by parents of the victim because they did not think it was best for their 14-year-old daughter to “sit in a courtroom, possibly in front of strangers, and relive what she went through.”

In his plea deal, Falsey received 180 days in county jail, 180 days of CALTRANS community service and three years probation. However, Falsey had been given credit for 21 actual days already served, plus 10 days for good behavior, receiving a credit of 31 days already served.

In addition, he would not be required to register as a sex offender, meaning that his name would not appear on the “Megan’s Law” database.

Second Arrest and Conviction

After nearly a decade without being charged and tried for a crime, Falsey would once again be arrested on February 26, 2017 on one count of corporal injury to a spouse.

According to court documents obtained by KHTS, Falsey allegedly “choked and strangled” his girlfriend of eight months.

The police report indicated that her “face was slammed against the floor. She had a bloody nose, redness of her neck and bloody lip.”

During the trial, the court would see pictures that were taken by law enforcement that night, to which the judge said to the victim, “It looks like you were pretty well knocked around.”

Within two days of his arrest, Falsey once again entered a no contest plea to charges levied against him, and would receive 30 days in jail, mandatory Domestic Violence Program classes and probation.

He would be released from custody on March 10, 2017, 10 days after his sentencing.

Harassment Allegations

Between, 2012 and 2018, Falsey reportedly made contact with dozens of Santa Clarita women across multiple social media platforms, sending unsolicited sexually explicit messages and pictures.

“There are approximately 90 women who have confirmed direct interaction with Shane on various social media sites, with varying degrees of harassment,” said Brett Haddock, a Santa Clarita resident and one of the community organizers for the #MeToo movement in Santa Clarita.

One message shows a woman telling Falsey that he “took it too far,” and then she went on to explain, “You sent a picture of your d*ck, even though I told you I didn’t want you sexually.”

The woman went on, saying to Falsey, “You kept pushing it and pushing it and you didn’t respect me or my boundaries.”

Allegations against Falsey are not limited to misogyny and discrimination, but also include body-shaming and racial epithets.

In one Facebook message exchange, Falsey allegedly attacked a single mom and her biracial child: “Lost interest the second I saw the mixed kid without a dad,” Falsey said.

He would reportedly go on, asking if the woman’s own father had died “when he found out his daughter dates monkeys.”

Below are screenshots of the alleged incidents described in this story, which were provided to KHTS.

 

Another alleged exchange entailed Falsey direct messaging a woman after she posted a Facebook status about her father who was ill. In the message to the woman, Falsey reportedly says, “(You) just need attention, don’t (you). (Your) dad probably ain’t (sic) even dying.”

The woman claims that after she asked him to leave her alone, Falsey stated her father is “probably hopin (sic)” that he dies soon “knowing he has a daughter like you. So fat (sic) daughter, who’s mentally ill that can’t find anyone to put up with her. Are you on any meds?”

Below are screenshots of the alleged incidents described in this story, which were provided to KHTS.

 

Despite dozens of Santa Clarita women having testimonies and shared experiences of alleged harassment at the hands of Falsey, only six women went into the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station to file complaints. Of those six, only three complaints would result in detectives filing reports with the District Attorney’s office.

According to Detective Turner of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, since the complaints hinged on alleged abusive comments, not images, none of the women that came forward actually produced pictures and therefore charges were not filed.

“We waited almost a month for any other victim to come forward,” said Alisanne Scolnik, deputy district attorney of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office in Santa Clarita, in a story published by the Signal.

“We reviewed everything in its totality,” she said. “It doesn’t mean it didn’t happen, but when it comes to proving something beyond a reasonable doubt, sometimes the evidence isn’t enough to convince 12 jurors.”

Other women attempted to file formal reports with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, but they were unsuccessful, according to Haddock.

“Three women told me they attempted to file a report, but were turned away,” said Haddock. “I’ve heard from others that many more have had a similar experience.”

At least one woman said that she went into the station to file a report regarding repeated social media messages and texts she said came from Falsey, but the personnel that she spoke with said that there was “nothing that could be done” and turned her away.

Francovich said that the first deputy she spoke with initially told her that she “did not have a case.”

But eventually, two deputies would take down her statement, and they asked if it was for the “p*nis guy.”

According to Francovich, she even laughed with them following that comment. She was informed at a later time by a detective from the station that she had a case, and that it was a misdemeanor charge. Charges would not be filed by the DA’s office, however.

Additionally, Dana Schultz, another alleged victim of Falsey, said that she went into the station to file a report, and was told to go home; deputies would come by her house in “three to six hours.”

Two deputies would later arrive at Schultz’s house to take down what she wanted to report.

“After I had talked to them, they asked, ‘So what would you like us to do?’ And I said I wanted the pictures, and the texts, and the phone calls to stop,” said Schultz. “But they never asked me for any evidence and my report was never filed.”

Schultz said that one of the incidents she highlighted while being interviewed by the deputies was an instance when she and her son were standing in line at a fast food restaurant.

“I received a call from him on an app, and I answered and he said to me, ‘What are you ordering? It’s really light in there,” said Schultz. “I knew he could see me, and so I hung up.”

“He’s dangerous,” concluded Shultz.

As of the publication of this article, Shane Falsey has not been charged in relation to the newest harassment allegations.

To view more alleged messages between Falsey and Santa Clarita women click here.

Devon Miller, Chris McCrory and Michael Brown contributed to this story. 

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