State Sen. Nicole Mitchell will resign
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A Becker County jury recently found Sen. Nicole Mitchell (DFL-Woodbury) guilty of two burglary charges after she broke into the Detroit Lakes home of her stepmother to retrieve some of her late father’s belongings.
She is accused of breaking into her late father’s home to retrieve mementos. The defense claims she was checking on her stepmother.
The prosecution and defense put the fate of Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell in the hands of a jury Friday, as both sides gave closing arguments on felony burglary charges that could hold political consequences as well as criminal.