Man charged in South Shore stabbing and faces arraignment

The man charged over a south coast knife attack is expected to be arraigned on Friday.

Jared Ravizza, 26, faces murder, assault and battery charges for allegedly stabbing two McDonald’s employees at a rest stop on Route 3 in Plymouth in May. Ravizza will be arraigned in Plymouth District Court

Ravizza is also accused of stabbing four young girls to death at a Braintree movie theater on the same day. He faces the same allegations for this incident.

All victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

At a dangerousness hearing in July, Plymouth District Court Judge Julie Bernard found Ravizza to be dangerous and he was held without bail.

On May 25 around 6 p.m., Ravizza allegedly entered the AMC Braintree 10, walked past the ticket counter and entered one of the theaters. In the auditorium he is said to have stabbed and attacked three sisters and their friend, aged 9 to 17, “without saying anything and without warning”.

About an hour later, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said Ravizza reached through the McDonald’s drive-thru window at the Route 3 rest area and stabbed a 28-year-old male employee. Ravizza then allegedly parked his black Porsche, went inside and stabbed a second employee, a 21-year-old woman.

Ravizza fled the scene and crashed his vehicle in Sandwich around 7:15 p.m. He was arrested shortly afterwards.

Ravizza is also accused of attacking his father on Martha’s Vineyard, weeks before prosecutors blamed him for the South Coast stabbing. According to a criminal complaint filed by West Tisbury police in Edgartown District Court on April 16, police charged Ravizza with assault on a family/household member and vandalism in April.

Court documents show he is also involved in a murder investigation in Connecticut.

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