Margate Police have charged Alexander A. Denafo, 26, of Ventnor with one count of simple assault after a game of football on the beach escalated into a physical altercation.
According to a Margate PD press release: On Sunday, July 4 at approximately 6:30p, the Margate City Fire Department’s ambulance responded to the beach block of Essex Ave for what was, at the time, a report of a male who had fallen and suffered a “split lip.”
The male was identified as Carnell Davis. He was treated by members of the ambulance crew and refused transport to the hospital.
After learning of the serious nature of Davis’s injuries, an investigation was launched by the Margate Police Department into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
According to witness accounts from people at the scene, Davis and Denafo were engaged in a game of football on the beach in Margate and began to have a verbal altercation.
Both men then mutually decided to leave the beach to continue the altercation which developed into a physical fight. This occurred in the beach block of Essex Avenue.
Cell phone video obtained of the incident revealed Denafo struck Davis in the face which caused him to fall to the ground and strike his head on the pavement.
Davis was taken to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center where he was treated for his injuries and released on Tuesday.
Denafo is scheduled for a first appearance at the Margate City Municipal Court on July 26.
According to Burlington County Times: Davis and Denafo were playing football on the beach when they had a verbal dispute, witnesses told police. “Both men then mutually decided to leave the beach to continue the altercation which developed into a physical fight,” said a police account.
Pro-tip: Fight on the sand, it’s soft.
Both willing combatants, no charges needed. Isn’t this what boomers want when they say “back in my day we settled things with our fists”? Hope Glass Joe makes a full recovery.
So whoever loses the fight, gets arrested.
Did these young men have Margate Beach Badges?
It may keep this type of behavior out of our city.
Maybe DeNafo threw the first punch/started it??
https://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/story/news/2021/07/07/rutgers-university-football-payer-carnell-davis-margate-fight/7896570002/
Good job young man. Another sh&t talker taught a lesson.
This was fair street fight with both men throwing punches athe same time. One mans punch connected and the other didn’t. Why does only one man get charged and the other doesn’t?
No look at the video. Both men threw rights one connected one didn’t. Look at the video!
You’re assuming you have the entire story based on the snippet of video shown…
No but it shows the whole fight! I’m not interested in trash talk.
I’m not assuming anything. I was there. Bothe man trash talking on the beach. Carnells idea to go to the street. If you watch the vid both men throw rights at the same time. DeNafo blocked carnells right and hit him with a right. Why aren’t both men being charged.
I’m not assuming anything. I was there. That is the whole fight. It was over that fast. Trash talk on the beach. Carnells idea to go to the street.
If you watch the video Denafo shoves Carnell first at the time when Carnell’s arms are extended by his side and he is seeking to address an insult to his mom.
This is what allows entitled punks to run their mouths without fear of getting their ass kicked. It was much better when if you wanted to talk smack you had to be prepared for the consequences.
It’s actually equally sad that the anonymity of social media has given rise to internet tough guys like Local. Actions have consequences, whether it’s verbal or physical. Yeah, yeah, we know back in your day, you would have kicked everyone’s arse…
Oh yea. Little doubt Louis was a chirper back in the day.
Thank you for further proving my point, Local. Don’t punch that keyboard too hard.
It’s called squaring up. He gave him a chance to put up his hands.
Something that the Louis’s of the world will never understand. I participated in dozens of scraps growing up,you had to get establish where you ranked. No keyboards involved.Just landing combinations.
I understand everything quite fine thanks. Hop back in your Trans-Am or IROC, play your Rocky soundtrack cassette tapes loud, and you’ll still desperately be compensating for something. Scraps, punks, entitled, squaring up, where you ranked, chirping? You make my original point more with your every reply. Grrrrr, Local is angry…
Wouldn’t it be lovely to meet Louis and have a nice chat.Do you think he’d be smirking then??
Once again, you continue to prove my point, thanks. Perhaps there is an aging Internet Tough Guy support group you can go to? Or maybe something for anger management? And I’m not smirking at you, I’m mocking the absurdity of your comments. You’re just not smart enough to get it.