The Minnesota legislator, found guilty of burglary, could hear up to 20 years behind bars

The senator from the state of Minnesota, Nicole Mitchell, was found guilty of criminal burglary on Friday, more than a year after her arrest when she made it possible to break into the house of her mother-in-law.

Mitchell made the pressure to resign on both sides of the aisle since her arrest, but had defenders who said that she was deserving her day in court. One of them was the head of the majority in the Minnesota Senate, Erin Murphy, who, like Mitchell, is a member of the Democratic-Agricole Party (DFL).

“Senator Mitchell has received a regular procedure, a trial by a jury of his peers, and this jury made a verdict. I am relieved to see the end of the trial of Senator Mitchell. The resolution of the case brings a clarity to the situation,” said Murphy in a statement published by the DFL after the verdict.

“Senator Mitchell told colleagues that she intended to resign if she was found guilty of this crime, and I expect her to follow this commitment. Our Caucus remains focused on the questions that matter for Minnesotan families and communities.”

The senator of the state of Minnesota, Nicole Mitchell, was tried for having allegedly allowed to have introduced the home of her mother-in-law last year. (Department of Police of Detroit lakes; Minnesota State Senate)

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The state legislator was arrested in April 2024, suspected of having broken into the house of his mother-in-law. Mitchell said that she had gone to her mother-in-law’s home, Carol Mitchell, to recover the articles from her late father. The state senator said that her mother-in-law suffered from Alzheimer’s disease.

Mitchell testified that she had intrusion into her mother-in-law and admitted to having lied to the police why she was there, but that it was done for the sake of her mother-in-law, According to Axios.

The senator from the state of Minnesota, Nicole Mitchell, D-Woodbury, listens to the closing arguments of the state on the fifth day of her trial for burglary for crime on Friday July 18, 2025, before the district court of the county of Becker to Detroit Lakes. (Anna Paige / The Forum via AP, Pool)

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Images of Mitchell inside a police cruiser handcuffed and questioned were shown during his trial. In the video, she told an officer that she “just tried to get some of my father’s affairs”, adding “, clearly, I am not good in this area.” Mitchell told the police that her mother-in-law “would no longer speak to me”, which is why she had recourse to the profitability of the lakes of Detroit.

Among the articles, Mitchell said that she wanted to recover, there were the ashes, photos, clothes and other sentimental objects from her father.

The senator from the state of Minnesota, Nicole Mitchell, was sitting in a police vehicle. (Department of Detroit Lakes)

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When she was arrested, the police found a flashlight covered with a black sock on her. In addition, the officers said they had excavated a black backpack and found two laptops, a mobile phone, a driving license, the identification of the Senate and Tupperware products.

Although no date for determining the sentence has been set, Mitchell risks a minimum of six months in prison and a maximum of 20 years, according to Axios, citing his lawyer.