PLYMOUTH — Jared Ravizza made his first appearance in a Massachusetts courtroom Tuesday morning to be arraigned stabbing at the weekend at a movie theater and McDonald’s on the South Shore.
The 26-year-old Martha’s Vineyard resident is accused of entering the AMC Braintree 10 without a ticket Saturday evening around 6 p.m. and stabbing four young girls inside a theater. The girls were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
Jared Ravizza suspected of stabbing at McDonald’s in movie theater
The mother of three of the girls stabbed said their attacker was “laughing all the time.” AMC said it has a “thorough review” of the incident and will have a visible security presence in the theater for the foreseeable future.
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About an hour later, authorities said Ravizza entered a McDonald’s drive-thru in his black Porsche. A prosecutor at Plymouth District Court said on Tuesday that he “briefly got out of the car and urinated in public”.
During an argument with a male employee at the drive-thru window, Ravizza jumped out of his car and stabbed the employee with what appeared to be a long kitchen knife, the prosecutor said. Ravizza then allegedly parked his car, walked into the restaurant and stabbed a female employee behind the counter. Both workers are in stable condition after being treated at hospital.
Ravizza was eventually arrested after a fiery crash in Sandwich.
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Connecticut homicide investigation
Before the events in Massachusetts, sources tell the I-Team Ravizza was wanted in connection with a murder investigation in Deep River, Connecticut. A body was found there on Saturday afternoon after a report of a disturbance.
In Plymouth, Ravizza is charged with armed assault to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and indecent exposure in connection with the McDonald’s attack. The defense has requested a competency assessment for Ravizza. He is expected to appear in a Quincy courtroom later to face movie theater stabbing charges.
WBZ-TV also obtained court documents showing that Ravizza allegedly assaulted his father on Martha’s Vineyard in April. Ravizza’s father told police he had a “mental breakdown.” Police signed a form to have Ravizza held at a hospital, but the hospital said an investigation by a mental health professional found this did not meet their standards and he was released.
