Celebrity Justice
Mighty Drunken Power Ranger Busted for DUI

Walter Jones Power RangerThe guy who played the Black Ranger on "The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" TV show was busted in 'Bama for DUI this weekend.

We're not trying to be insensitive in a Harvard sort of way. His character, Zack Taylor, was the guy who dressed up in the black spandex costume and fought evil monsters back in the day.

We're told the actor -- whose real name is Walter Jones -- was arrested around 4 A.M. Sunday morning by Alabama State Troopers in Huntsville and booked into a local jail.

Law enforcement sources tell us Jones was arrested without incident.

He eventually met bail and was released.




Tags: black ranger, BlackRanger, dui, mighty morphin power rangers, MightyMorphinPowerRangers, walter jones, WalterJones, zack taylor, ZackTaylor

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31. Black Ranger, hahaha

Posted at 5:11PM on Jul 28th 2009 by DUI Ranger

32. lol, I was the one that booked him in...

Posted at 5:23PM on Jul 28th 2009 by CC

33. Number 34! Yeah man I bet you were!

Posted at 5:27PM on Jul 28th 2009 by brazil_soccer_fan

34. No. 34, Yes, I really was...

Posted at 5:30PM on Jul 28th 2009 by CC

35. MadMike I'll ask my husband LOL..

Posted at 5:32PM on Jul 28th 2009 by Yvonne

36. Important update:

"The Walter Jones SituationShare
Today at 3:52pm
Ok since it's post con, and since someone at the Huntsville Police Department was out to make a quick buck, we can post this.

Sunday morning around 4 am, after leaving a gas station (where he'd stop to ask for directions), Walter was pulled over. The reason was written as "failure to dim headlights". I'm sure we all know with the current "taking back our highways" thing that they seem to be pulling people over for anything nowadays. Walter had not had any alcohol except for one beer late in the afternoon on saturday. The cop demanded for Walter to get out of his car, tried to pin a DUI on him. He forced a very competent and alert (obviously not drunk) Walter to perform the various field sobriety tests. For those that don't know, those tests consist of testing your balance, awareness, and even a breathalyzer (which checks how much alcohol is in your system).

Walter passed all of those tests with flying colors, and yet he was still handcuffed. He was not explained anything outside of that he was being arrested for DUI. Needless to say it was bogus. I will not state my personal opinion on this cop's motive for the arrest. However I will say that it is completely wrong, and the arresting officer is being looked into for this incident.

Walter was held at jail longer than he was supposed to. An innocent man was kept in an overcrowded jail which SHOULD be filled with Huntsville's ACTUAL criminals who are still walking our streets this very second.

We are all saddened that Walter had to go through this, however he did the bail and got out. Then he was recommended to a wonderful lawyer who will be proving the actuality of this incident.

Walter is an innocent man, a responsible adult, and a good friend. I hope you will all continue to respect him and I hope that you will not allow a shady cop to ruin your memories of a fun weekend.

Now to address the issue of why we said Walter had "food poisoning" at Closing Ceremonies. The staff was prepared to tell the truth about the terrible injustice brought upon one of our beloved guests. However when I saw people filing in the closing ceremonies, i saw lots of very young kids. Whether you think I was right or wrong for this, I do not care; but I felt it was better to not state to small children such an incident. For young kids it is really hard to understand this kind of situation (especially when we're all brought up thinking cops only get bad guys and protect innocent people). The situation was too much to explain and we would have rather kept young children from thinking their hero was a "bad guy". I hope you will all respect PersaCon's decision to do so.

Everything is getting worked out for Walter, however, the internet is a powerful tool and it seems this story has spread like wildfire. What I would like to ask all of you is please repost this story/share the truth with anyone who may doubt Walter. He's a good friend and was a great guest at PersaCon. We are continuing to support him in this troubling situation and we hope you will too.

-Sincerely
Lauren Cullen and the PersaCon Staff"

Posted at 5:32PM on Jul 28th 2009 by Anonymous

37. LOL funny headline..
I remember this guy on the show.. I use 2 always watch it when I was little.. I had a crush on him and the green ranger(4got his name).. Walter looks ok now.. not that bad.

Posted at 5:56PM on Jul 28th 2009 by DomLovesMichaelJ.♥

38. The headline is funny if you didn't grow up on Power Rangers. Their colors WERE their names - Black Ranger, Blue Ranger, Red Ranger, etc. TMZ writers are such baiters, LOL.

Posted at 6:02PM on Jul 28th 2009 by Pen

39. my grandson and i had many happy hours watching power rangers back in the mid nineties, and he was even the black ranger for halloween. give him a break, we loved you, good luck.

Posted at 6:02PM on Jul 28th 2009 by grannymimi

40. Should probably get your facts straight first before to try to get any investigation stated, your own post has mistakes seeing how the arresting officer wasn't HPD but a State Trooper. Second the Huntsville City jail is ran through the county, perhaps you should make sure you get your departments correct. Second where is YOUR Proof that he is innocent, all I see is a large post by Lauren Cullen, so far what you all say is just word of mouth vs the arresting report. Third no matter how many FST's a person can pass they can still be arrested. Officer just has to prove that their was impairment such as smell of alcohol.

Posted at 6:06PM on Jul 28th 2009 by To Anonymous with "Important Update"

41. I read awhile ago that the white ranger Tommy has the death sentence.

Posted at 9:46PM on Jul 28th 2009 by Brian Raye

42. he should of suited up and kicked his way out!!!

Posted at 6:31PM on Jul 28th 2009 by danielle

43. WHO GIVES A RATS ASS!!!!!

Posted at 7:11PM on Jul 28th 2009 by MindTerrorist

44. The black ranger! LOL!

Posted at 7:59PM on Jul 28th 2009 by Tony

45. Not to sound like a nerd but he wasn't the black ranger! He was the only black guy that season!

Posted at 7:20PM on Jul 28th 2009 by Dan

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