Two men were sentenced to hard 25 life sentences today in connection with the shooting of a Wyandotte County sheriff’s deputy about a year ago at a convenience store in Kansas City, Kan.
Cecil Meggerson, 36, and Dyron King, 25, both of Kansas City, Kan., were each sentenced to life in prison with no opportunity for parole for 25 years (hard 25) after being convicted of attempted capital murder in Wyandotte County District Court.
Wyandotte County Sheriff Deputy Scott Wood was injured in the shooting at a 7-11 convenience store March 4, 2015, in the 4400 block of Shawnee Drive in Kansas City, Kan.
Meggerson and King were sentenced to an additional 19.75 years in prison for one count of aggravated robbery and one count of criminal possession of a firearm related to the March 3, 2015, robbery of a Family Dollar Store located in the 1200 block of Quindaro Boulevard, in Kansas City, Kan.
Meggerson and King were each sentenced to an additional 15.5 years in prison for two counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of aggravated battery and one count of criminal possession of a firearm also in connection with the March 4, 2015, robbery at 7-11 which resulted in the beating of a store clerk and left Deputy Wood in critical condition with numerous gunshot wounds.
Meggerson and King were sentenced to an additional 2.8 years for one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery for the violent crime spree, which started in Kansas City, Kan., and crossed into Kansas City, Mo.
The court ordered that 37.4 years of the additional sentence is to be served consecutive to the hard 25 sentence.
A Wyandotte County jury found Meggerson and King guilty on Feb. 5, 2016, after a two-week jury trial. A third co-defendant, Charles Bowser is set for jury trial on May 16, 2016.
The sentence was imposed by Judge J. Dexter Burdette. Assistant District Attorneys Kristiane Bryant and Shawn Boyd prosecuted the case for the state of Kansas. The case was investigated by the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department, Kansas City, Mo., Police Department, Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office, Kansas Department of Corrections, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration and Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives.