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 ...

“I should have been with Dan that night to help protect him,” said Valdovinos, who said all the Oceanside police officers who served alongside Bessant “continue to carry the weight of his loss.

“I should have been with Dan that night to help protect him,” said Valdovinos, who added that all of the Oceanside police officers who served alongside Bessant “continue to carry the weight ...

upholding his adult conviction for the 2006 murder of Oceanside Police Officer Daniel Bessant. Judge Peter Dedeh imposed a revised sentence of 51 years plus life without the possibility of parole ...