Darrelle Revis was released on a non-monetary bond Friday night after turning himself in to Pittsburgh police earlier Friday evening.
An arrest warrant had been issued late Thursday for the Jets cornerback, who was charged with four felonies — two counts of aggravated assault and one count each of robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault — and a misdemeanor charge of making terroristic threats. A preliminary hearing has been set for Feb. 23.
“He’s hoping he can be vindicated,” said Blaine Jones, one of Revis’ two attorneys who attended the arraignment. “I hope in the next phase he will be vindicated. I think he has a very good case.”
Revis sat in a chair in an adjacent room, his image displayed on a television screen as Judge Eugene Ricciardi told Revis he had to attend all hearings, verify his address for pre-trial services and have no contact with any of the victims or witnesses in his case.
Pittsburgh attorney Robert Del Greco was at the arraignment and will handle the remainder of the case for Revis. Del Greco is known as the “go-to” lawyer when any members of the Steelers are in trouble, and most recently represented assistant coach Joey Porter when he got into a bar scuffle on Pittsburgh’s South Side last month.
Revis, who arrived at the Pittsburgh Municipal Court with Jones and family members, did not speak to reporters on his way in or out of the proceedings.
Revis appeared in court five days after the incident in which he allegedly punched out two men so forcefully they were knocked unconscious for 10 minutes. Revis also allegedly, with “an aggressive demeanor to his face’’ and clenched fists, threatened a third man by saying, “Do you want to be next?’’ and warned, “I’ve got more guys coming.’’
According to the criminal complaint obtained by The Post, Officer Burke of the Pittsburgh Police Department was on foot patrol when he was dispatched to the intersection of East Carson Street and South 23rd Avenue in the South Side 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 East 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.’’ Watt said Revis then stepped within a foot of his face, clenched his fist and said, “Do you want to be next?’’
Watt 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.
The intersection of East Carson Street and South 23rd Street is normally removed from the late-night commotion that’s far more prevalent a few blocks west. From 20th Street to 13th is where the police from the Zone 3 station have to keep watch for late-night fights and others links to criminal activity.
A witness told Pittsburgh station WPXI-TV Revis had been drinking for several hours at a bar called The Library before the incident.
“Nothing really ever happens on this end,” said Joni Ropelewski, the manager of Mallorca, a Spanish restaurant near 23rd Street. “Most of the stuff happens towards 13th. This is normally a quiet area.”
Two detectives were at the scene Friday where the alleged assault took place, asking area proprietors if they had any video surveillance of the area.
“We don’t have any cameras,” Ropelewski said. “I wish I did after all this.”