A Martha's Vineyard man who is accused of going on a stabbing spree along the South Shore of Massachusetts and wanted in connection with a Connecticut homicide is being held without bail after appearing in court on Tuesday, where a judge ordered that he be sent to a state hospital for evaluation. Jared Ravizza, 26, of Chilmark, faces multiple charges in Plymouth District Court, including two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault with intent to murder in connection with the stabbing of two employees at a rest area McDonald's on Saturday. He also faces four counts of assault to murder and four counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in Quincy District Court in connection with the stabbing of four girls in a movie theater that same day. Connecticut State Police said charges are pending in the case of a homicide that was also discovered on Saturday.He wore no shoes Tuesday morning as troopers escorted him to court where, after a brief hearing, the mental health evaluation was ordered. After a few hours, a doctor told the court that Ravizza does appear to have delusions, trouble focusing and voices in his head that tell him to do things. Ravizza was sent to Bridgewater State Hospital for additional evaluation over the next 20 days. Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said Ravizza is next scheduled to appear in court on June 17.Video below: Troopers escort Ravizza to courtCase timeline: Saturday, May 25:3:36 p.m. - Connecticut State Police respond to a reported disturbance on Meeriwold Lane in Deep River, CT. A victim, later identified as Bruce Feldman, 70, was pronounced dead at the scene. 6 p.m. - Approximate time of the stabbing of four girls between the ages of 9 and 17 inside AMC Braintree. 6:30 p.m. - Massachusetts State Police in Springfield are asked by Connecticut State Police to check Ravizza's Agawam residence. 6:59 p.m. - Surveillance video described in the criminal complaint shows Ravizza in the drive-thru at the Route 3 South service plaza McDonald's in Plymouth.7:10 p.m. - Officer applied a tourniquet to wounded woman's arm at McDonald's.7:34 p.m. - Connecticut State Police said they were told by Massachusetts State Police about Ravizza's arrest following the crash in Sandwich. Ravizza's first court appearance on Tuesday was connected to the stabbing of two employees of the McDonald's at the Route 3 South service plaza in Plymouth. According to a criminal complaint, Ravizza was in the drive-thru just prior to 7 p.m. and, at the window, demanded the employee check his order. That employee removed the items from the bag to show him and returned them to the bag.Ravizza attempted to grab the bag, which the employee pulled back. According to the complaint, that's when Ravizza struck at the employee's arm with a knife. Cruz said surveillance video appears to show Ravizza reach through the drive-thru window of the McDonald's and stab one employee, a 28-year-old man, with a large knife.The video then shows Ravizza leave the drive-thru, park his vehicle, go inside the restaurant and behind the counter, which is when witnesses said he stabbed a second McDonald's employee, a 21-year-old woman, before fleeing the scene.Both victims are in stable condition. "The female victim's stab wound was approximately five centimeters deep, and she also had wounds to her in her left bicep and left underarm," a prosecutor said in court on Tuesday. According to information read in court, Ravizza also publicly urinated in the drive-thru. Cruz said Ravizza was charged with one count of indecent exposure in connection with the incident.In the complaint, state police describe interviewing a woman who saw the alleged public exposure and shrugged at Ravizza. She said Ravizza wore a "big expression" on his face, which she compared to Jack Nicholson's expression in "The Shining." Braintree police also sought and received an arrest warrant for Ravizza on Tuesday in connection with a stabbing that happened at the AMC movie theater in Braintree on Saturday. Braintree police said that a man came into the AMC Braintree 10 at 121 Grandview Ave. at about 6 p.m. Saturday, proceeded past the ticket counter and entered one of the theaters without paying. That man then suddenly attacked and stabbed four girls in that theater who are between the ages of 9 and 17. The assailant then ran out of the theater and fled the area in a vehicle.Lisa Dembowski said her three daughters — a 17-year-old and 9-year-old twins — and her teenager's friend were the only four people in the theater waiting to see the movie "IF" when the attack happened."They had just sat down. They had just got their concessions, and I guess he came up behind them in the row — they were in the second row," Dembowski said. "My oldest was leaned over to get something. He got her in the back and then my other daughter in the top of the chest. Then, my last daughter across her arm — laughing the whole time — and then got their friend and then ran off.""This crime appears to be completely senseless and random, perpetrated against entirely defenseless, innocent children," Braintree Police said in a statement. "We would like to call attention to the bravery displayed by these four young women, both in the aftermath of the incident and in their recovery."Ravizza was ultimately taken into custody at 7:15 p.m. Saturday in Sandwich, after he crashed his black 2018 Porsche Macan while trying to flee from Massachusetts State Police troopers.On Monday, sources told 5 Investigates that Ravizza is also connected to a death investigation in Connecticut.Connecticut State Police confirmed Tuesday that criminal charges in that state are pending against Ravizza in connection with the death of Bruce Feldman, 70, of Deep River, Connecticut. Feldman was found dead outside a home on Saturday, and the case is being investigated as a homicide. According to the complaint against Ravizza, Massachusetts troopers were first asked to check his Agawam residence at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, a little more than three hours after the homicide and approximately 30 minutes after the movie theater stabbings. In mid-April, Ravizza was arrested on Martha's Vineyard after he was accused of assaulting his father, according to a police report obtained by 5 Investigates.The police report states Ravizza's father called 911 and told West Tisbury police that his son "just had a mental break and attacked him."Officers who responded to the scene said Ravizza "seemed clearly intoxicated" and began "speaking to us about nonsensical things ... and began frothing out of the mouth as he spoke," the police report states.The police report states authorities wanted a hospital to involuntarily hold Ravizza but noted that "he was examined by a mental health professional and did not meet their standards to be held."Ravizza was charged with assault and battery and destruction of property in connection with that incident, but he was allowed to enter a diversion program. Those charges would have been dismissed in November if Ravizza had remained out of trouble.
BRAINTREE, Mass. —
A Martha's Vineyard man who is accused of going on a stabbing spree along the South Shore of Massachusetts and wanted in connection with a Connecticut homicide is being held without bail after appearing in court on Tuesday, where a judge ordered that he be sent to a state hospital for evaluation.
Jared Ravizza, 26, of Chilmark, faces multiple charges in Plymouth District Court, including two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault with intent to murder in connection with the stabbing of two employees at a rest area McDonald's on Saturday. He also faces four counts of assault to murder and four counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in Quincy District Court in connection with the stabbing of four girls in a movie theater that same day.
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Connecticut State Police said charges are pending in the case of a homicide that was also discovered on Saturday.
He wore no shoes Tuesday morning as troopers escorted him to court where, after a brief hearing, the mental health evaluation was ordered. After a few hours, a doctor told the court that Ravizza does appear to have delusions, trouble focusing and voices in his head that tell him to do things.
Ravizza was sent to Bridgewater State Hospital for additional evaluation over the next 20 days. Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said Ravizza is next scheduled to appear in court on June 17.
Video below: Troopers escort Ravizza to court
Case timeline: Saturday, May 25:
- 3:36 p.m. - Connecticut State Police respond to a reported disturbance on Meeriwold Lane in Deep River, CT. A victim, later identified as Bruce Feldman, 70, was pronounced dead at the scene.
- 6 p.m. - Approximate time of the stabbing of four girls between the ages of 9 and 17 inside AMC Braintree.
- 6:30 p.m. - Massachusetts State Police in Springfield are asked by Connecticut State Police to check Ravizza's Agawam residence.
- 6:59 p.m. - Surveillance video described in the criminal complaint shows Ravizza in the drive-thru at the Route 3 South service plaza McDonald's in Plymouth.
- 7:10 p.m. - Officer applied a tourniquet to wounded woman's arm at McDonald's.
- 7:34 p.m. - Connecticut State Police said they were told by Massachusetts State Police about Ravizza's arrest following the crash in Sandwich.
Ravizza's first court appearance on Tuesday was connected to the stabbing of two employees of the McDonald's at the Route 3 South service plaza in Plymouth.
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According to a criminal complaint, Ravizza was in the drive-thru just prior to 7 p.m. and, at the window, demanded the employee check his order. That employee removed the items from the bag to show him and returned them to the bag.
Ravizza attempted to grab the bag, which the employee pulled back. According to the complaint, that's when Ravizza struck at the employee's arm with a knife.
Cruz said surveillance video appears to show Ravizza reach through the drive-thru window of the McDonald's and stab one employee, a 28-year-old man, with a large knife.
The video then shows Ravizza leave the drive-thru, park his vehicle, go inside the restaurant and behind the counter, which is when witnesses said he stabbed a second McDonald's employee, a 21-year-old woman, before fleeing the scene.
Both victims are in stable condition.
"The female victim's stab wound was approximately five centimeters deep, and she also had wounds to her in her left bicep and left underarm," a prosecutor said in court on Tuesday.
According to information read in court, Ravizza also publicly urinated in the drive-thru. Cruz said Ravizza was charged with one count of indecent exposure in connection with the incident.
In the complaint, state police describe interviewing a woman who saw the alleged public exposure and shrugged at Ravizza. She said Ravizza wore a "big expression" on his face, which she compared to Jack Nicholson's expression in "The Shining."
Braintree police also sought and received an arrest warrant for Ravizza on Tuesday in connection with a stabbing that happened at the AMC movie theater in Braintree on Saturday.
Braintree police said that a man came into the AMC Braintree 10 at 121 Grandview Ave. at about 6 p.m. Saturday, proceeded past the ticket counter and entered one of the theaters without paying. That man then suddenly attacked and stabbed four girls in that theater who are between the ages of 9 and 17. The assailant then ran out of the theater and fled the area in a vehicle.
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Lisa Dembowski said her three daughters — a 17-year-old and 9-year-old twins — and her teenager's friend were the only four people in the theater waiting to see the movie "IF" when the attack happened.
"They had just sat down. They had just got their concessions, and I guess he came up behind them in the row — they were in the second row," Dembowski said. "My oldest was leaned over to get something. He got her in the back and then my other daughter in the top of the chest. Then, my last daughter across her arm — laughing the whole time — and then got their friend and then ran off."
"This crime appears to be completely senseless and random, perpetrated against entirely defenseless, innocent children," Braintree Police said in a statement. "We would like to call attention to the bravery displayed by these four young women, both in the aftermath of the incident and in their recovery."
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Ravizza was ultimately taken into custody at 7:15 p.m. Saturday in Sandwich, after he crashed his black 2018 Porsche Macan while trying to flee from Massachusetts State Police troopers.
On Monday, sources told 5 Investigates that Ravizza is also connected to a death investigation in Connecticut.
Connecticut State Police confirmed Tuesday that criminal charges in that state are pending against Ravizza in connection with the death of Bruce Feldman, 70, of Deep River, Connecticut. Feldman was found dead outside a home on Saturday, and the case is being investigated as a homicide.
According to the complaint against Ravizza, Massachusetts troopers were first asked to check his Agawam residence at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, a little more than three hours after the homicide and approximately 30 minutes after the movie theater stabbings.
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In mid-April, Ravizza was arrested on Martha's Vineyard after he was accused of assaulting his father, according to a police report obtained by 5 Investigates.
The police report states Ravizza's father called 911 and told West Tisbury police that his son "just had a mental break and attacked him."
Officers who responded to the scene said Ravizza "seemed clearly intoxicated" and began "speaking to us about nonsensical things ... and began frothing out of the mouth as he spoke," the police report states.
The police report states authorities wanted a hospital to involuntarily hold Ravizza but noted that "he was examined by a mental health professional and did not meet their standards to be held."
Ravizza was charged with assault and battery and destruction of property in connection with that incident, but he was allowed to enter a diversion program. Those charges would have been dismissed in November if Ravizza had remained out of trouble.
