{"id":69291,"date":"2016-01-14T15:31:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T23:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=69291"},"modified":"2017-07-30T17:54:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T00:54:25","slug":"ex-power-ranger-rearrested-charged-in-roommate-sword-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/01\/14\/ex-power-ranger-rearrested-charged-in-roommate-sword-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Power Ranger rearrested, charged in roommate sword killing [updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_60225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60225\" style=\"width: 628px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60225\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Sword-stabbing-2.1.15-1.jpg\" alt=\"The sword attack occurred shortly before 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, inside a home in the 38000 block of San Francisquito Canyon Road, sheriff's officials said. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)\" width=\"628\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Sword-stabbing-2.1.15-1.jpg 628w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Sword-stabbing-2.1.15-1-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sword attack occurred shortly before 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, inside a home in the 38000 block of San Francisquito Canyon Road, sheriff&#8217;s officials said. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LANCASTER &#8211; A 36-year-old man who appeared in the children&#8217;s television series <em>&#8220;Power Rangers Samurai&#8221;<\/em> was taken into custody Thursday on a felony arrest warrant for allegedly stabbing his roommate to death nearly a year ago.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ricardo Medina<\/strong> is accused of fatally stabbing 36-year-old <strong>Josh Sutter<\/strong> on Jan. 31, 2015, at a house the two shared in Green Valley, according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/da.lacounty.gov\/media\/news\/former-power-ranger-actor-charged-roommate-s-murder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The men got into an argument over Medina&#8217;s girlfriend, and Medina allegedly stabbed his housemate multiple times with a sword, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>Medina called 9-1-1 after the altercation, and he was interviewed by homicide detectives and arrested hours later on suspicion of murder, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/local.nixle.com\/alert\/5347588\/?sub_id=1000000396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Medina was released from police custody on Feb. 3, 2015, according to LASD inmate records. No charges were filed at the time because the District Attorney\u2019s Office needed further investigation, spokesman Ricardo Santiago said last year.<\/p>\n<p>Medina was again arrested at 8:40 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, according to LASD inmate records.<\/p>\n<p>He is charged with one count of murder, and he is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday at the Antelope Valley courthouse in Lancaster, according to the District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted as charged, Medina faces 26 years to life in state prison.<\/p>\n<p>He remains jailed in lieu of $1 million bail.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>UPDATED 1-15-16<\/b><\/span><b>: The District Attorney&#8217;s Office had said arraignment was next Tuesday, but the defendant was brought into court today for arraignment, which was postponed to Feb. 19. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Previous related story<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/02\/01\/suspect-arrested-in-sword-stabbing-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suspect arrested in sword stabbing death<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER &#8211; A 36-year-old man who appeared in the children&#8217;s television series &#8220;Power Rangers Samurai&#8221; was taken into custody Thursday on a felony arrest warrant for allegedly stabbing his roommate to death nearly a year ago. Ricardo Medina is accused of fatally stabbing 36-year-old Josh Sutter on Jan. 31, 2015, at a house the two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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\/69291"}],"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=69291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}