A Philadelphia judge on Friday sent the case involving two Syracuse football recruits toward trial, keeping the focus on a violent April encounter in Old City that left a man with serious injuries.
Charlie Foulke IV and Masiia Acrey, both high school standouts who made non-binding verbal commitments to Syracuse earlier this year, were in Philadelphia Municipal Court for a preliminary hearing. Judge Joffie C. Pittman III tossed several charges, but found there was enough evidence to move the cases forward on the complaint involving the man who was hurt.
The recruits had been charged with felony aggravated assault and conspiracy, along with misdemeanor simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and harassment, according to court documents. A third defendant, Jalen Millevoix, a 2025 Eastern High School graduate, was arrested with them in May.
A formal arraignment for Foulke, 18, Acrey, 18, and Millevoix, 19, is set for July 24.
The hearing centered on an incident police say happened around 2:30 a.m. on April 12, when the three players allegedly confronted a man and woman waiting for a rideshare in Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood. Court documents say Foulke rubbed the top of the man’s head, which led the man to throw a defensive punch. Police allege the three then “struck the man multiple times in the face with closed fists and kicking him several times in the upper body,” according to court records.
The man told police he suffered a concussion, a broken nose, two chipped teeth, lacerations that needed stitches and abrasions to the left side of his face and body. Investigators said they did not make arrests right away because the injured man and woman later obtained “digital evidence” from businesses and shared it with police. Court documents also say the pair identified Acrey and Foulke after using a reverse image search on a photo posted on a bar’s Instagram account.
Foulke’s attorney, Joe Kelly, said the quarterback was sucker-punched and came out of the fight with chipped teeth and a torn shirt. Acrey’s lawyer, Fortunato Perri, said his client expects to be “completely exonerated when this matter is resolved.”
Perri also said Acrey’s client was not involved in any physical or verbal confrontation before the complainant struck Foulke, and added: “A significant number of the charges were dismissed by the Judge after hearing the Commonwealth’s evidence presented at the Preliminary Hearing,” Perri said. “The complainant admitted that he threw the first punch which set off the physical confrontation.”
Kelly and Gregory Pagano, Millevoix’s attorney, did not immediately return messages Friday seeking comment.
Foulke was arrested on May 26, just days before he was scheduled to make an official recruiting visit to Syracuse. Kelly previously said Foulke turned himself in after a warrant was issued.
On the field, Foulke is one of the more decorated quarterbacks in the region. The 6-foot-3, 187-pound senior-to-be at Glassboro High School was named the 2024 Class 6A Player of the Year by the Pennsylvania football writers after throwing for more than 2,400 yards and 30 touchdowns for St.
Joseph Prep. He reportedly announced his transfer to Glassboro, the two-time defending NJSIAA Group 1 state champion, around the same time he committed to Syracuse in April.
Under NJSIAA transfer rules, Foulke would have to sit the first three games for Glassboro.
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