No prison time for 4 charged in death of D’Vontaye Mitchell outside Milwaukee hotel

Police say Mitchell, 43, was killed in June 2024 after he caused a disturbance at the downtown Hyatt Regency hotel, leading to an altercation with four employees.

By David K. Li, NBC Black Voices

Four former hotel employees who pleaded guilty in connection with last year’s death of D’Vontaye Mitchell outside a Hyatt hotel in Milwaukee all avoided prison time when they were sentenced on Wednesday.

Mitchell, 43, was killed on June 30, 2024, after he caused a disturbance at the Hyatt Regency Downtown Milwaukee, leading to four hotel workers to fight him and pin him to the pavement.

His death was caused by “restraint asphyxia and toxic effects of cocaine and methamphetamine,” the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner found.

Circuit Court Judge David Swanson sentenced security guard Todd Alan Erickson, 61, to a suspended two years of prison time and two more years of probation.

Security guard Brandon Turner was sentenced to a year of probation, while bellmen Herbert T. Williamson and Devin W. Johnson-Carson were both sentenced to time served.

Williamson was held for 10 days following the deadly confrontation, and Johnson-Carson was held for four.

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