Ricardo Medina Jr. (born January 24, 1979), often referred to as Rick Medina, is an American former actor. He is best known for his role as Cole Evans, the Red Wild Force Ranger, on the TV series Power Rangers Wild Force, and later as Dekker, the Half-Human cursed Nighlock in Power Rangers Samurai.
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Early life
Ricardo Medina Jr. was born in Kern County, California, and raised in Downey, California. He is of Puerto Rican descent.
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Filmography
Legal issues
On February 1, 2015, Medina was arrested after he allegedly stabbed to death his 36-year-old roommate, Joshua Sutter, on January 31. Sutter had been stabbed in the abdomen with a medieval "Conan the Barbarian" type sword at a home in Green Valley, west of Palmdale, California, afterward Medina called the police. Upon arrival at a hospital Sutter was pronounced dead. Medina was initially held on $1 million bail but no charges were filed against him from the district attorney due to requests on further investigation so he was released on February 3, 2015. Medina claimed that he stabbed Sutter in self-defense, after Sutter forced open the door of Medina's bedroom, in which Medina and his girlfriend retreated into after an argument between Medina and Sutter. Medina had lived in the home in Green Valley for approximately two months.
On January 14, 2016, he was arrested again on murder charges in connection with Sutter's death. At that time, Medina faced a possible sentence of life imprisonment with a chance of parole after 26 years with prosecutors planning to ask that Medina be held on $1 million bail. On March 16, 2017, Medina pleaded guilty to one felony count of voluntary manslaughter. On March 30, 2017, Medina was sentenced to the maximum 6 years in prison.
His projected release date is March, 2023.
References
External links
- Ricardo Medina Jr. on IMDb
- TV.com profile
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