Four hotel workers have been charged with felony murder in connection with the death of 43-year-old D’Vontaye Mitchell outside a downtown Milwaukee hotel on June 30. Mitchell was pinned to the ground for about eight to nine minutes outside the Hyatt Regency, resulting in his death from 'restraint asphyxia and toxic effects of cocaine and methamphetamine,' according to the Milwaukee County medical examiner’s office.
The defendants - security manager Todd Alan Erickson, front desk agent Devin W. Johnson-Carson, security guard Brandon LaDaniel Turner, and bellman Herbert T. Williamson - are facing charges for their involvement in the incident. The criminal complaints state that the defendants used force to hold Mitchell down, including striking him and pushing down on his back, shoulders, and arms.
