4 former Milwaukee hotel workers get probation and time served in dogpile death

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FILE - DeAsia Harmon speaks at the funeral for her husband D'Vontaye Mitchell, July 11, 2024, in Milwaukee. Mitchell died June 30 after an incident at a hotel. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, file)

MADISON, Wis. – A judge sentenced four former Milwaukee hotel workers accused of killing a man in a suffocating dogpile to a mix of probation and time served Wednesday, sparing them any more time behind bars.

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge David Swanson handed down the sentences in D'Vontaye Mitchell's June 2024 death during a series of hearings that lasted all day. The orders bring an end to a case that drew comparisons to the 2020 police killing of George Floyd.

The judge ordered former Hyatt security guard Todd Erickson to serve two