A Long Beach mother is calling for a judge to reject the terms of a plea deal that would see her son’s killer spend a maximum of six months in jail.
Kevin Chris Dahl crashed into and killed 16-year-old Aiden Gossage , who was crossing the street at Los Coyotes Diagonal and Deborah Street on Sept. 4, 2021.
Despite objections from Aiden Gossage’s parents, prosecutors earlier this month offered Dahl a plea agreement where he would admit to the crime of vehicular manslaughter in exchange for a six-month sentence, 30 days of community service and two years of formal probation, after which he’ll have the opportunity to reduce the conviction to a misdemeanor.
Dahl accepted the deal in court on Jan. 23, but he has not yet been officially sentenced, something a judge is scheduled to do on Feb. 16.
Now, Aiden Gossage’s mother, Lily Gossage, has started an online petition asking for the judge in charge of the sentencing next month to override the plea deal. It has since amassed just under 2,000 signatures in two days.