A ‘Power Rangers’ actor will serve 45 days in jail after being convicted of a horrific attack on an elderly man who was using a walker.
Hector David Rivera, who is best known for playing the green Power Ranger in the franchise, was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to one misdemeanor charge in the high-powered attack that was caught on camera in Nampa, Idaho, in July . 2024.
The 35-year-old was initially sentenced to 180 days in prison, according to TMZ but he doesn’t have to serve all that time.
Canyon County Court Judge Matthew B. Schelstrate reportedly suspended 135 days of the actor’s sentence, so he now only has to serve 45 days as long as he avoids trouble when he gets out of jail.
Rivera was also placed on two years of supervised probation and must perform 100 hours of community service.
Last summer, horrific CCTV footage recorded by a bystander’s dashboard camera showed Rivera, wearing a sweater and baggy red pants, approaching an elderly man using a walker and then pushing him to the ground and yelling at him in the parking lot of an apartment. complex.
Nampa police claimed the violence occurred “after they exchanged words over a parking issue.”
The dispute reportedly involved a handicapped parking spot where Rivera parked his truck. according to the Idaho Statesman.
After pushing the elderly victim to the ground, Rivera got into his car and drove away.
Police initially didn’t know the small screen star was their suspect, so they posted a video of the attack online, which showed Rivera wearing a New England Patriots jersey.
Nampa Police Officer Erick Moore reportedly revealed that social media is quickly searching led them there the action artist, who goes by the stage name Hector David Jr. wears.
“Our community not only supports us, but they support us in pursuing people who commit crimes,” Moore said revealed in an interview back in July. “They really did their best and were able to help us get this identity pretty quickly.”
Before the attack, the actor was scheduled to appear at Magic Valley Comic-Con in Twin Falls, Idaho, but did not attend.
Police said the elderly man was not injured in the attack.
The Connecticut-born Rivera got his start in acting as the Lotus Land Dancer in “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” and joined the Power Rangers franchise a year later. He appeared in a series of shows in the franchise between 2011 and 2015, including ‘Power Rangers Samurai’ and ‘Power Rangers Megaforce’.
Since Rivera’s time as a superhero, he has continued to act, appearing in more than a dozen productions.
The actor was last seen in Netflix’s ‘The Merry Gentleman’, starring Chad Michael Murray and Britt Robertson.
