After allegedly punching out two men so forcefully they were knocked unconscious for 10 minutes, Darrelle Revis, with “an aggressive demeanor to his face’’ and clenched fists, threatened a third man by saying, “Do you want to be next?’’ and also warned, “I’ve got more guys coming.’’
So says the official criminal complaint document from an incident early Sunday morning in Pittsburgh that has Revis, the fading star Jets cornerback, facing four felony charges, including aggravated assault, robbery, terrorist threats and conspiracy.
According to the criminal complaint document obtained by WTAE Action 4 news in Pittsburgh, Officer Burke of the Pittsburgh Police Department was on foot patrol when he was dispatched to the intersection of E. Carson Street and S. 23rd Avenue in the Southside Flats section to investigate an assault in which two men were knocked unconscious. Two men, Dallas Cousins and Zacheriah Jarvis, said Revis had assaulted them.
According to Cousins, he spotted Revis and asked him if he was, in fact, Darrelle Revis. Revis started becoming irate, waving his hands in his face, telling him to get out of his face. Cousins said Revis pushed him in the chest. Cousins said he started recording video on his cell phone as Revis walked away. When Revis noticed the recording in progress, Cousins said Revis pulled the phone from Cousins’ hand and attempted to delete the video.
Cousins said he tried to get the phone back, but Revis threw the phone into the middle of E. Carson Street, attempting to break the phone. Cousins said a friend of Revis’ then joined the argument. Cousins said the next thing he knew, he was getting punched.
Jarvis said after Revis threw the phone, he was also punched and the next thing he remembered was talking to the police.
A third male present, Nathan Watt, said after Cousins and Jarvis were punched, Revis said “I’ve got more guys coming.’’ West said Revis then stepped within a foot of his face, clenched his fist and said, “Do you want to be next?’’
West said Revis and the other man fled the scene as he attempted to wake Cousins and Jarvis. When the officer asked Watt if Revis or the unidentified black male knocked out Cousins and Jarvis, Watt said, “I don’t know, it happened so fast.’’
The officer asked to see the video on Cousins’ phone and, according to the criminal complaint, it showed Revis being hostile toward Cousins and his friends, showed Revis walking away from the group and Cousins following him. The video showed Revis asking, “Why are you following me?’’ several times before the video stopped.
The clothing Revis is seen wearing in the video also corresponded with what the officer said he saw Revis wearing earlier.
The officer observed Cousins with a contusion above his left eyebrow and a one-inch laceration and Jarvis with a contusion on his right cheek.
Revis, 31, is a native of nearby Aliquippa, Pa. His attorney, Blaine Jones, has stated Revis was not the aggressor and was in fact the victim.