Senator Nicole Mitchell (Image from Becker County Jail in Custody List)
Written by Paul Jurgens (KFGO)
Detroit Lakes, MN (KFGO) – A State Senator from Woodbury, MN has now been charged with burglary for breaking into her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes.
49-year-old Nicole Mitchell told police that she broke into the house to retrieve some of her late father’s belongings, including his ashes.
Police say Mitchell told responding officers that her stepmother had broken off contact with the family.
She got into the home through a basement window.
Mitchell said she left her home about 1 yesterday morning (April 22nd).
The break-in was reported a few hours later at 4:45.
Mitchell is a Democrat who was elected to the legislature in 2022.
She represents Woodbury and Maplewood.