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2 of 4 Milwaukee hotel workers charged in D'Vontaye Mitchell's death are now in custody
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Two men were in custody Thursday for their alleged roles in the death of D'Vontaye Mitchell, a Black man who died outside a Milwaukee hotel after being pinned down by staff in an incident recorded in surveillance footage and cellphone video.
Devin Johnson-Carson, 23 and Todd Erickson, 60, are being held at the Milwaukee County Jail and had initial court appearances on Thursday, jail records show. Johnson-Carson and Erickson face felony murder charges in connection with Mitchell's death. Each of them faces an additional charge for being a party to felony murder. Authorities said Johnson-Carson worked at the front desk and Erickson was the security manager on duty on June 30th at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Milwaukee during the afternoon of the altercation.
The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office announced charges earlier this week against four men, including off-duty security guard Brandon Turner, 35, and bellhop Herbert Williamson, 52. Prosecutors said warrants were out for their arrests. A felony murder conviction carries a maximum sentence of 15 years and nine months in prison in Wisconsin, according to a criminal complaint against the defendants.
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