A 26-year-old Martha’s Vineyard man who has claimed to be an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and professional skier has been charged with stabbing four girls at a Braintree movie theater and two workers at a McDonald’s restaurant in Plymouth, and he is suspected in a fatal Connecticut attack. Who is Jared Ravizza and what is he accused of? Here’s what we know so far. On a company website and in interviews, Ravizza presented himself as having a jet-setting lifestyle and success in marketing, professional skiing, and the arts.
But several of his claims could not be verified. A website for the firm Ravizza Jones says the company is “a leading global digital marketing & social media management agency” with locations in New York, Connecticut, Florida, California, and Europe, and Ravizza is its founder and chief executive. Advertisement Online databases did not show office listings for the company anywhere in the United States.
A filing with the state Corporations Division shows that Ravizza Jones Productions LLC was incorporated in West Tisbury on Jan. 16 of this year, with Jared Ravizza Jones listed as manager. A decree issued last June in Dukes Probate and Family Court shows that Ravizza legally changed his name to Jared Christian Ravizza Jones last June to honor his maternal grandmother, Priscilla Jones.
A December 2021 profile in the Martha’s Vineyard Times reported that Ravizza was a professional skier and was working through the Ravizza Global Initiative to help pe.
