Former Power Ranger arrested for murdering roommate

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published 2 February 2015

Go Go Power Ranger, straight to jail: Ricardo Medina Jr., best known for playing the red Power Ranger in Power Rangers Wild Force in the early 2000s, was arrested Saturday in connection to the stabbing death of his roommate.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies told ABC Los Angeles that Medina called 911 Saturday afternoon to report a stabbing at his home in Green Valley, California. Deputies say that the 36-year-old got into an argument with his roommate, Joshua Sutter, 36, and it turned physical. Sutter allegedly followed Medina and his girlfriend into Medina's bedroom and forced the door open; Medina then stabbed him with a sword he kept in the room. Sutter died at the hospital, and Medina was booked for murder and held in lieu of $1 million bail.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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