Meki Gaono, now 36, was originally convicted of first-degree murder in 2009 and sentenced to life without parole plus 61 years. He was 17 years old at the time.

Meki Gaono was 17 years old when he and two alleged gang members opened fire on Officer Dan Bessant days before Christmas in ...

Meki Gaono was 17 when he and two alleged gang members opened fire on Officer Dan Bessant days before Christmas in 2006. He ...

Meki Gaono was 17 when he and two alleged gang members opened fire on Officer Dan Bessant days before Christmas in 2006. He was arrested, convicted of murder and sentenced in 2009 to life without ...

A man who was 17 when he shot and killed an Oceanside police officer was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the ...

While Officer Daniel Bessant was on a traffic stop, Meki Gaono, now 36, trained a rifle on the 25-year-old lawman from down ...

About 35 people spoke on the warehouse proposal at Monday’s meeting, most of them residents who asked the commission to deny ...

A longtime Oceanside lifeguard with nearly 23 years of experience was named the city’s new beach lifeguard captain.