Power Ranger Charged in Second Murder.

[evkl]

I love it.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/08/19/actor.crime.reut/index.html

NEWPORT BEACH, California (Reuters) -- A former child actor already facing trial for hijacking a yacht and throwing the owners, bound to the anchor, overboard, has been charged in a second murder, prosecutors said Friday.

Skylar James Deleon, 26, who once appeared in the "Power Rangers" TV series, was accused in the second case of luring a man to Mexico in December of 2003, slitting his throat and leaving the body by the side of a road.

Deleon's wife, Jennifer, and cousin Michael William Lewis, both 24, were charged with helping conceal the murder of 45-year-old John Jarvi.

Police linked the Deleons to Jarvi's unsolved murder after finding that he had been incarcerated with the one-time child actor at the Seal Beach City Jail in 2003, Orange County Deputy District Attorney Susan Schroeder said.

Schroeder said that the day before the murder Jarvi had cashed two $25,000 checks and made a phone call to Deleon.

Two hours after the call, she said, Deleon spent $18,000 in new $100 bills at a boatyard and deposited $21,000 into a joint account with his wife. He also bought a $2,200 wedding band for her, Schroeder said.

Defense attorneys for the Deleons declined to comment, saying that they had not yet seen details of the accusations.

The charges were announced just three days after the Deleons were ordered to stand trial for the murders of a Newport Beach couple, Thomas and Jackie Hawks, who vanished in November 2004 and whose bodies have never been found. (Full story)

Also charged in that case, which baffled police for months, are 40-year-old Crips gang member John Fitzgerald Kennedy and ex-jailer Alonso Machain, 21.

Prosecutors say the Deleons posed as interested buyers of the 55-foot yacht and convinced the Hawks to take the vessel 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 using the power of attorney.

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[creepy_kecleon]

Hmm?
Which character was he?

 

[evkl]

Nobody knows.

 

[Alabaster.j.cat]

HOly crap. I dunno what that guys deal is but HOLY CRAP iis all i gotta say. And the article says "Once appeared" meaning he probably wasnt a main character. Ok i really wasnt gonna pot any this weekend but i felt the need to post on this.

"It's morphin time! :flinch:====>:saiyan: Red supercalafragilisticexpialadocious Ranger!"

 

[Doctor Oak]

Actually, he was a kid on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, in the Soccer Ep near the end of the first season.

He starred in that ep as the kid, Roger, but never appeared again.

No Power Ranger killed anyone .

 

[Cferra]

Yeah, Wasn't he an exttra or something?

LX

 

[Gato Gurl914]

so instead of having trouble with his self esteem now, hes having trouble staying out of trouble.

 

[Doctor Oak]

The worst part of it is how Power Rangers is getting dragged into it on such a thread-bare rope...

He was in one episode as a kid - hardly a massive influence on the show or a big part of it...

 

[Gato Gurl914]

thats america for you.