Death by power ranger!

Crash · 08-17-2005, 06:31 PM

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Former child actor faces murder charge
Prosecutors: Wealthy couple thrown overboard

SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) -- A former child actor and his wife were ordered to stand trial Tuesday for the murder of a wealthy California couple who, prosecutors say, were tied to the anchor of their yacht and thrown overboard alive, never to be seen again.

Orange County Superior Court Judge John Conley ordered 26-year-old Skylar Deleon, who once starred in the "Power Rangers" TV series, and his wife, 24-year-old Jennifer Henderson Deleon, to stand trial for the murders aftec a two-day preliminary hearing in Santa Ana, south of Los Angeles.

Also bound over for trial in the case, which baffled police for months as they searched for the missing couple, were a member of the Crips street gang and a prison guard who are accused of helping carry out a conspiracy to steal the 55-foot luxury yacht "Well Deserved."

"It's haunting to think these nice, loving people were trying to hold their breaths as they sank to the bottom of the ocean," Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy said during the hearing. "This is as cold-blooded as it gets."

Prosecutors say Deleon came up with the plot after spotting the yacht for sale in a boating magazine last November and meeting owners Thomas Hawks, 57, and his 47-year-old wife Jackie.

He is accused of enlisting the help of 40-year-old gang member John Fitzgerald Kennedy and ex-jailer Alonso Machain, 21, to carry out the murder on November 15, 2004. Machain has since confessed to police and will be tried separately.

Attorneys for the Deleons rejected the charges and during the hearing attacked the credibility of Machain, who is expected to be a star witness for the prosecution.

A police detective testified during the hearing that Deleon and his then-pregnant wife posed as interested buyers and convinced the Hawks to take the yacht on a test run.

Miles off the coast of Newport Beach, prosecutors say, Thomas and Jackie Hawks were attacked with a stun gun, handcuffed and gagged with duct tape. After signing over power of attorney to one assailant, they were tied to the boat's 66-pound anchor and thrown overboard.

The couple was reported missing by relatives and police were led to the Deleons, who produced a bill of sale for the yacht and the power of attorney. Authorities believe the bill of sale was falsified.

Police also found that Deleon had unsuccessfully tried to access the Hawks' bank account in Arizona using the power of attorney.

Teuthida · 08-17-2005, 07:13 PM

I can't find him at IMDb.

Dark Samurai · 08-17-2005, 07:21 PM

Yeah... who is he in the series?

Swan · 08-17-2005, 09:42 PM

He was probably one of those characters that appeared just in one episode...or in the very end in one of those lame lessons.

Dyne · 08-17-2005, 11:53 PM

He looks like a "thug cronie #2" to me. He probably got paid $5. How would the cops find out if we can't even find out?

On further thought I'm shocked and appalled IMDB would not know this.

Jonbo298 · 08-18-2005, 12:37 AM

I think he was Tommy the Green/White ranger. Not 100% sure though. Searching for his name on Google only shows news results abuot the murders

Dyne · 08-18-2005, 12:41 AM

No, he was just an extra. I've been seeing this article everywhere. Somebody linked to a power rangers forum and they confirmed that he boasted to his friends about "starring", but was only ever an extra. With barely any lines.

Tommy was my hero.

Jason David Frank like wut.

Ginkasa · 08-18-2005, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonbo298

I think he was Tommy the Green/White ranger. Not 100% sure though. Searching for his name on Google only shows news results abuot the murders

How could you even think that?! Jason David Frank is the man. he would never do something like that.

Besides, he's still doing the Power Rangers thing. He reprised his role as Tommy in the last PR series (Dino Thunder). I didn't see any of it, but apparentely he fought dream versions of the original green and white Rangers O_O.

I would have liked that episode...

/me shrugs and walks away

Jonbo298 · 08-18-2005, 02:38 AM

I havent seen the show in years, how am I supposed to rememeber exactly what he looks like

GameMaster · 08-18-2005, 04:26 AM

Where are we supposed to turn for mentors and good examples when TV Super Heroes do bad things?

BreakABone · 08-18-2005, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Link1130

How could you even think that?! Jason David Frank is the man. he would never do something like that.

Besides, he's still doing the Power Rangers thing. He reprised his role as Tommy in the last PR series (Dino Thunder). I didn't see any of it, but apparentely he fought dream versions of the original green and white Rangers O_O.

I would have liked that episode...

* Link1130 shrugs and walks away

http://rapidshare.de/files/2506303/F...pirit.wmv.html

Should be the episode in question

http://rapidshare.de/files/2466825/L...Power.wmv.html

Episode 500 which basically features a recap of the entire series up until that point.

http://rapidshare.de/files/2374697/Forever_Red.wmv.html

Episode with all the former and current Red Rangers

Think can only download one a minute

Thanks to Rangernet.