{"id":28170,"date":"2024-08-07T04:47:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T08:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=28170"},"modified":"2024-08-07T04:47:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T08:47:20","slug":"milwaukee-hotel-staff-face-murder-charges-in-mans-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/08\/07\/milwaukee-hotel-staff-face-murder-charges-in-mans-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee hotel staff face murder charges in man’s death"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Four hotel employees who allegedly pinned a man to the ground after he behaved erratically in a Hyatt Regency lobby in the US state of Wisconsin are facing murder charges.<\/b><\/p>\n

D\u2019Vontaye Mitchell, 43, ran into a women’s bathroom before staff dragged him outside, beat him and held him face down on the ground for eight or nine minutes, according to court documents.<\/p>\n

Mitchell was unresponsive when police arrived at the scene in Milwaukee on 30 June. He was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

He died of \u201crestraint asphyxia and toxic effects of cocaine and methamphetamine\u201d, found a post-mortem examination that also noted he was morbidly obese.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Milwaukee County district attorney\u2019s office issued arrest warrants on Tuesday for the four now-former employees at the hotel.<\/p>\n

They are two security guards, Todd Alan Erickson, 60, and Brandon LaDaniel Turner, 35, who was off duty at the time of the incident; as well as Devin Johnson-Carson, 23, a front desk agent; and Herbert Williamson, 53, a door attendant, according to court documents.<\/p>\n

If convicted, they each would face up to 15 years and nine months in prison.<\/p>\n

The incident unfolded when Mitchell entered the hotel and began running around, attempting to hide in places.<\/p>\n

He went into the gift shop, then a women’s bathroom, where he tried to lock the door. Mr Turner told police he heard women screaming in the toilet.<\/p>\n

Video surveillance footage showed hotel workers forcing him out of the bathroom and dragging him outside through the hotel lobby.<\/p>\n

Two of them repeatedly struck Mitchell and another kicked him, according to the court documents. They are apparently heard in a bystander\u2019s mobile phone footage telling him to “stay down” and “stop fighting\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Erickson told investigators that Mitchell had tried to bite him.<\/p>\n

Mitchell is heard saying he is sorry during the struggle, according to audio from a video taken by an onlooker.<\/p>\n

One of the employees said Mitchell was having difficulty breathing and had been pleading for help, according to the charge-sheet.<\/p>\n

Ben Crump, a lawyer representing the family, said: “Mitchell was in the midst of a mental health crisis and, instead of abiding by their duty to protect and serve, the security officers and other Hyatt staff used excessive force that inflicted injury resulting in death.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mitchell’s widow, Deasia Harmon, told reporters on Tuesday she was “grateful” for the charges.<\/p>\n

“I just want everyone to be held accountable,” she said.<\/p>\n

The company that runs the hotel, Aimbridge Hospitality, has previously said several employees were fired over Mitchell\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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