Massachusetts stabbing suspect arrested

May 26 (UPI) — A suspect in a string of stabbings in Massachusetts faces charges of assault with intent to murder and two counts of battery with a dangerous weapon after police say he stabbed two people in a Plymouth restaurant on Saturday.

Jared Ravizza, 26, was arrested Saturday evening, but is hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

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Ravizza is allegedly linked to the stabbing of four young girls at a nearby AMC movie theater, but has not been charged.

Ravizza allegedly stabbed a 21-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man, both McDonald's employees, at a highway rest stop in Plymouth, Mass., before being arrested in the town of Sandwich, according to the Department of Justice's office. prosecutor. They were both taken to hospital to treat their injuries.

Security footage showed a person believed to be Ravizza stabbing the employee through the drive-thru window before parking his car, entering the McDonald's and stabbing the victim, prosecutors said. They said he left in the car he was driving after the attacks.

About an hour before the McDonald's attacks, alleged suspect Ravizza entered an AMC movie theater in Braintree and allegedly stabbed four girls ages 9 to 17, police said.

“Without saying anything and without any warning, he suddenly attacked and stabbed the four young women,” Braintree police said in a statement. “The attack did not appear to be provoked. After the attack, the man ran from the theater and left in a vehicle.”

A concessions worker at the theater described the suspect as wearing “an oversized trench coat, sunglasses and a long blonde wig,” according to CBS Boston. But police later said Ravizza's hair was real and not a wig.

Police said they arrested Ravizza around 7:15 p.m. Saturday after he fled the theater in a black Porsche SUV. Police tracked him to a license plate number they could see on CCTV footage, which they shared with other law enforcement.

Police linked the vehicle to both stabbing incidents and were able to arrest Ravizza.

Ravizza also may be linked to a murder investigation at a home in Deep River, Conn., Connecticut State Police said.