--- description: Ricardo Medina Jr., who played one of the Power Rangers on the kids' TV show, admitted to stabbing his roommate to death with a sword title: Former 'Power Rangers' Star Pleads Guilty to Killing Roommate with Sword image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90da049ca4331e30/6988bebe2dce015f339ecace/ricardo-medina-power-rangers-sword-manslaughter.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 Rangers_ Star Ricardo Medina Jr. Pleads Guilty to Killing Roommate with Sword by [Abigail Abrams](/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 16, 2017 11:22 PM CUT  Actor Ricardo Medina Jr. participates in the 2012 Power Morphicon 3 held at the Pasadena Convention Center on Aug. 19, 2012 in Pasadena, California. Actor Ricardo Medina Jr. participates in the 2012 Power Morphicon 3 held at the Pasadena Convention Center on Aug. 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 16, 2017 11:22 PM CUT An actor who played one of the Power Rangers in the kids’ television series pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for stabbing his roommate to death with a sword. Ricardo Medina Jr. admitted on Thursday that he killed Josh Sutter in January 2015, the [Los Angeles](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-power-rangers-stabbing-plea-20170316-story.html "undefined")[ _Times_](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-power-rangers-stabbing-plea-20170316-story.html "undefined")reports. The two roommates got into a fight at their home in Green Valley, Calif., according to a statement from the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. They began fighting over how Medina’s girlfriend parked her car, according to the _Times_, and when Sutter confronted Medina, the former Power Ranger stabbed him multiple times before calling 911. Now Medina faces up to six years in state prison when he is sentenced later this month, prosecutors said. He entered his plea Thursday in Antelope Valley court, one year after he was [charged with murder](http://people.com/crime/ricardo-medina-jr-charged-with-murdering-roommate/ "undefined"). Medina, who played the Red Lion Wild Force Ranger on _Power Rangers Wild Force_ from 2002 to 2003, also played an evil character named Deker in _Power Rangers Samurai_ from 2011 to 2012. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4704769/ricardo-medina-jr-power-rangers-murder-roommate-sword/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4704769/ricardo-medina-jr-power-rangers-murder-roommate-sword/"},"headline":"Former Power Rangers Star Ricardo Medina Jr. Pleads Guilty to Killing Roommate with Sword","datePublished":"2017-03-16T23:22:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:48:31.863Z","description":"He faces up to six years in prison","url":"https://time.com/4704769/ricardo-medina-jr-power-rangers-murder-roommate-sword/","keywords":["Crime","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90da049ca4331e30/6988bebe2dce015f339ecace/ricardo-medina-power-rangers-sword-manslaughter.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/blt90da049ca4331e30/6988bebe2dce015f339ecace/ricardo-medina-power-rangers-sword-manslaughter.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 Aug. 19, 2012 in Pasadena, California.","creditText":"Albert L. Ortega—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4704769/ricardo-medina-jr-power-rangers-murder-roommate-sword/","name":"Former Power Rangers Star Ricardo Medina Jr. Pleads Guilty to Killing Roommate with Sword"}}]}] ```