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BROCKTON – A man who allegedly stabbed two people at a Plymouth rest area restaurant continues to be held without bail after his superior court arraignment, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz has announced.
Today, Jared Ravizza, 26, pleaded not guilty in Brockton Superior Court to two counts of Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, and one count each of Assault to Murder and Indecent Exposure. The Commonwealth filed a motion pursuant to M.G.L. c. 276, § 58A, citing the significant danger Ravizza’s release would pose to the community if he were to be freed before trial. Judge Brian Glenny granted the motion and ordered Ravizza held without bail.
Ravizza was indicted on the charges after an investigation by Massachusetts State Police and Plymouth Police. On May 25, 2024, at approximately 6:52 p.m., police received several 911 calls for reports of the stabbing of two employees at the McDonald’s restaurant, located in the Route 3 rest area in Plymouth, and that the suspect had fled the scene. Upon arrival, emergency medical personnel located a 21 year-old female victim with a knife laceration and she was transported to South Shore Hospital. A second male victim, aged 28, was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess-Plymouth Hospital for a laceration from a knife.
Investigators reviewed surveillance video from the McDonald’s restaurant that appears to show Ravizza allegedly reach through the drive-thru window and stab the male victim with a large knife. Video then shows Ravizza leave the drive-thru in a black Porsche, exit his motor vehicle, and return to the McDonald’s on foot. The video shows Ravizza go behind the counter, which according to witness statements, is when he stabbed the second female victim. Ravizza then fled the rest area in his motor vehicle.
A witness at the McDonald’s reported the motor vehicle plate registration to Massachusetts State Police, and it was determined that the black 2018 Porsche Macan was registered to Ravizza. Police also learned that a BOLO had issued for Ravizza’s arrests for other incidents. Police took Ravizza into custody at approximately 7:15 p.m. that night in Sandwich after he crashed his motor vehicle.
Ravizza is next scheduled to appear in court on November 19.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Alex Zane, and was investigated by Plymouth Police and Massachusetts State Police.