A “Power Rangers” actor will serve 45 days in prison after being convicted of a horrific assault 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 handed the sentence on Wednesday after he pled guilty to one charge of misdemeanor battery in the forceful attack that was caught on camera in Nampa, Idaho back in July 2024.
The 35-year-old was initially sentenced to 180 days in prison, according to TMZ but he won’t have to serve all of that time.
Canyon County Court Judge Matthew B. Schelstrate reportedly suspended 135 days of the actor’s sentence so he now only will have to serve 45 days as long as he avoids trouble when he’s out of prison.
Rivera was also ordered to have two years of supervised probation and he has to complete 100 hours of community service.
Last summer, appalling camera footage recorded by a bystander’s dashboard camera showed Rivera, wearing a jersey and baggy red pants, approaching an elderly man who was using a walker and then shoving him to the ground and yelling at him in the parking lot of an apartment complex.
The Nampa Police Department claimed the violence happened “after they exchanged words about a parking issue.”
The dispute was reportedly over a handicapped parking spot that Rivera parked his truck in, per the Idaho Statesman.
After pushing the elderly victim to the ground, Rivera got in his vehicle and drove off.
Police initially didn’t know that the small screen star was their suspect — so they posted a video of the attack online with Rivera seen wearing a New England Patriots jersey.
Nampa police officer Erick Moore reportedly revealed that the social media search quickly led them to the action performer, who goes by the stage name Hector David Jr.
“Our community not only supports us but they support us going after people that commit crimes,” Moore revealed in an interview back in July. “They really stepped up and were able to help us get this identity pretty quick.”
Before the attack, the actor was scheduled to appear at the Magic Valley Comic-Con in Twin Falls, Idaho but he did not attend.
Police say the elderly man was not injured in the attack.
The Connecticut native Rivera got his start in acting appearing as the Lotus Land Dancer in “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” and joined the Power Rangers franchise one year later. He appeared in a series of shows by 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 and has appeared in over a dozen productions.
The actor was most recently in Netflix’s “The Merry Gentleman” starring Chad Michael Murray and Britt Robertson.
