--- description: Former Power Ranger Ricardo Medina Jr. has been sentenced to six years in prison for killing his roommate with a sword title: Former Power Ranger Ricardo Medina Jr. Sentenced to Six Years in Prison image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf73ed2710c3cd5bc/6988c0bb8fd2ee239435661f/ricardo-medina-jr-power-ranger-manslaughter-sword.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Former Power Ranger Ricardo Medina Jr. Sentenced to 6 Years for Killing Roommate with Sword by [Abigail Abrams](/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 30, 2017 11:45 PM CUT  Actor Ricardo Medina Jr. participates in the 2012 Power Morphicon 3 held at the Pasadena Convention Center on August 19, 2012 in Pasadena, California. Actor Ricardo Medina Jr. participates in the 2012 Power Morphicon 3 held at the Pasadena Convention Center on August 19, 2012 in Pasadena, California.Albert L. Ortega—Getty Images by [Abigail Abrams](/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 30, 2017 11:45 PM CUT A former actor who played one of the Power Rangers in the children’s television series has been sentenced to six years in prison for killing his roommate with a sword, the [Associated Press](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/03/30/ex-power-ranger-ricardo-medina-jr-sentenced-to-6-years-in-fatal-stabbing/99843372/ "undefined") reports. Ricardo Medina Jr. [pleaded guilty](http://time.com/4704769/ricardo-medina-jr-power-rangers-murder-roommate-sword/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") earlier this month to voluntary manslaughter of Joshua Sutter. The former Power Ranger was initially [charged with murder](http://time.com/3694959/power-rangers-ricardo-medina-stabbing/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined"), but decided to plead to the lower charge, his lawyer told the AP. Superior Court Judge Daviann L. Mitchell gave Medina the maximum sentence after hearing testimony from Sutter’s family. “Put this killer in general \[prison\] population so he will see and feel the same fear that Joshua must have felt,” the victim’s father, Donald Sutter, said, according to the AP. Medina stabbed his roommate in January 2015 after an argument in their apartment near Los Angeles. The argument, about Medina’s girlfriend, started in the kitchen, according to the AP, and resumed later when Sutter broke through Medina’s bedroom door. After stabbing Sutter, Medina initially called 911 on himself, the [Los Angeles _Times_](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-palmdale-stabbing-sword-20150201-story.html "undefined") reported at the time. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4719955/ricardo-medina-jr-sentenced-stabbing-power-rangers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4719955/ricardo-medina-jr-sentenced-stabbing-power-rangers/"},"headline":"Former Power Ranger Ricardo Medina Jr. Sentenced to 6 Years for Killing Roommate with Sword","datePublished":"2017-03-30T23:45:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:51:09.041Z","description":"He was given the maximum sentence","url":"https://time.com/4719955/ricardo-medina-jr-sentenced-stabbing-power-rangers/","keywords":["Crime","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf73ed2710c3cd5bc/6988c0bb8fd2ee239435661f/ricardo-medina-jr-power-ranger-manslaughter-sword.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abigail Abrams","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf73ed2710c3cd5bc/6988c0bb8fd2ee239435661f/ricardo-medina-jr-power-ranger-manslaughter-sword.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Power Morphicon 3","caption":"Actor Ricardo Medina Jr. participates in the 2012 Power Morphicon 3 held at the Pasadena Convention Center on August 19, 2012 in Pasadena, California.","creditText":"Albert L. 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