MILWAUKEE 4th man accused in fatal dogpile outside Milwaukee hotel pleads guilty to felony murder ASSOCIATED PRESS Aug 1, 2025 Aug 1, 2025 Updated Sep 4, 2025 × All four men accused of felony murder in the death of D'Vontaye Mitchell outside a Milwaukee hotel are now in custody. Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The last of four Milwaukee hotel workers accused of killing a man by pinning him to the ground has pleaded guilty to being a party to felony murder.kAmu@C>6C wJ2EE w@E6= D64FC:EJ 8F2C5 %@55 tC:4<D@? 6?E6C65 E96 A=62 :? 4@??64E:@? H:E9 s’'@?E2J6 |:E496==’D 562E9 :? |:=H2F<66 r@F?EJ r:C4F:E r@FCE @? %9FCD52J >@C?:?8[ @?=:?6 4@FCE C64@C5D :?5:42E6]k^AmkAmtC:4<D@? H2D D6E E@ 8@ @? EC:2= @? pF8] ``] w6 7246D FA E@ `d J62CD :? AC:D@? 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Mitchell death, all accused now in custody All four men accused of felony murder in the death of D'Vontaye Mitchell outside a Milwaukee hotel are now in custody.
Former hotel front desk worker pleads guilty to battery in Milwaukee man's death The third of four former Milwaukee hotel workers accused of killing a man by pinning him to the ground last summer reached a plea deal with pr…
Former hotel bellhop pleads guilty to battery in Milwaukee man's death Prosecutors initially charged Herbert Williamson with being a party to felony murder in connection with the June 2024 death of D'Vontaye Mitch…
Former hotel security guard pleads guilty in death of Milwaukee man A former security guard at a Milwaukee hotel has pleaded guilty in the killing of a man who died after being pinned to the ground for several minutes.
Former Milwaukee hotel workers accused of killing man by pinning him down plead not guilty The former Hyatt Hotel employees were each charged with one count of being a party to felony murder earlier this month in connection with D'Vo…
Court orders 4 Milwaukee men to stand trial in killing of man outside hotel lobby Since-fired Hyatt Hotel workers Todd Erickson, Brandon Turner, Herbert Williamson and Devin Johnson-Carson each face one count of being a part…
4 Milwaukee hotel employees charged with being party to felony murder in Black man's death The four employees allegedly dragged Mitchell out of the Hyatt Hotel after D’Vontaye Mitchell entered a woman’s bathroom and held him on his s…
Death of Black man pinned down by security guards outside Milwaukee hotel ruled a homicide D’Vontaye Mitchell suffocated while being restrained on June 30 and was suffering from the effects of drugs in his system, according to the Mi…
Family vows during funeral to push for charges after Black man pinned to ground outside hotel Aimbridge Hospitality, the company that manages the hotel has said several employees involved in Mitchell’s death have been fired.
Al Sharpton to deliver eulogy for Black man who died at Milwaukee hotel; case being reviewed as a homicide The death of Dvontaye Mitchell has drawn comparisons to the murder of George Floyd, a Black man killed in 2020 after a white police officer in…
Milwaukee man gets life with no parole chance for killing, dismembering woman on first date A jury convicted Maxwell Anderson in June of first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, arson and hiding a corpse in connection w…
4 former Milwaukee hotel workers get probation and time served in dogpile death Milwaukee County Circuit Judge David Swanson's sentences in D'Vontaye Mitchell's 2024 death bring an end to a case that drew comparisons to th…