{"id":60224,"date":"2015-02-01T14:57:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T22:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=60224"},"modified":"2015-02-03T14:41:48","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T22:41:48","slug":"suspect-arrested-in-sword-stabbing-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/02\/01\/suspect-arrested-in-sword-stabbing-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect arrested in sword stabbing death [update: no charges filed]"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>
The sword attack occurred shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, inside a home in the 38000 block of San Francisquito Canyon Road near Palmdale. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 A 36-year-old man was arrested early Sunday morning for allegedly stabbing his roommate to death with a sword, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Ricardo Medina<\/strong> was arrested around 1 a.m. on suspicion of murdering 36-year-old Joshua Sutter<\/strong> and booked at the Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station jail, according to Deputy Lillian Peck of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.<\/p>\n

The sword attack occurred shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, inside a home in the 38000 block of San Francisquito Canyon Road near Palmdale.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat afternoon, the victim and the suspect became involved in an argument, which turned into a physical altercation,\u201d Peck stated. \u201cSuspect Medina retreated to his bedroom with his girlfriend, but victim Sutter followed them and forced the door open.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSuspect Medina stabbed victim Sutter once in the abdomen with a sword kept next to the bedroom door,\u201d Peck added.<\/p>\n

Sutter was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

\"Murder<\/a>
Ricardo Medina is an actor known for Power Rangers Wild Force and Power Rangers Samurai, according to TMZ. Video screenshot courtesy Nickelodeon via youtube.com<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Medina called 9-1-1, remained at the location and was later interviewed by homicide detectives, according to Peck. He was subsequently arrested for Sutter\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n

Celebrity gossip website TMZ is reporting that Medina played the Red Ranger in \u201cPower Rangers Wild Force,\u201d<\/em> a 2002 television series. Medina also played Deker in Power Rangers Samurai<\/em> in 2011, according to TMZ.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Medina remains jailed in lieu of $1 million bail.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

UPDATE 2\/3\/15: MEDINA RELEASED FROM JAIL<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ricardo Medina was released from police custody at 2:11 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, according to LASD inmate records. \u201cWe asked for further investigation in the case, so no charge has been filed,\u201d stated Ricardo Santiago of the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PALMDALE \u2013 A 36-year-old man was arrested early Sunday morning for allegedly stabbing his roommate to death with a sword, authorities said. Ricardo Medina was arrested around 1 a.m. on suspicion of murdering 36-year-old Joshua Sutter and booked at the Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station jail, according to Deputy Lillian Peck of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60224"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}