Former hotel front desk worker pleads guilty to battery in Milwaukee man’s death

MADISON, Wis. — 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 prosecutors Thursday. The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office initially charged former Hyatt front desk worker Devin Johnson-Carson with being a party to felony murder in connection with D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death in June 2024. Johnson-Carson’s attorney, Craig Robert Johnson, said in an email to The Associated Press that the battery plea is related to the scuffle the four workers had with Mitchell before taking him to the ground and Johnson-Carson isn’t responsible in any way for Mitchell’s death. Turner, another security guard named Todd Erickson, bellhop Herbert Williamson and Johnson-Carson struggled with Mitchell before taking him to the ground and piling on him, according to a criminal complaint. Hotel security footage shows Johnson-Carson holding Mitchell’s legs while the other three held down his upper body.