Posted on 04/23/2024 10:30:40 AM PDT by algore
A Democratic state senator Minnesota who who once served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Reserve, has been arrested on suspicion of burglary.
Police were called to a home in the 700 block of Granger Road of Detroit Lakes, early on Monday morning and arrested Nicole Mitchell, 49, who is from Woodbury, Minnesota.
When authorities responded and searched the home, they found Mitchell inside and took her into custody. The home was that of her late father and where her stepmother still lives.
The Becker County Attorney's Office is now reviewing the report before determining whether Mitchell, who is a first-term Democrat and was elected to a four-year term in 2022, will be charged.
Before becoming a state senator, Mitchell had a decorated career in the military and worked as a TV meteorologist including spending years on the Weather Channel. Her political career has been focused on veterans and climate issues.
A spokesperson for the Minnesota Senate Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party said in a statement the party was 'aware of the situation and has no comment pending further information.'
'Knowing very few details at this time, I am shocked by the news of Sen. Nicole Mitchell's arrest for first-degree burglary. The public expects Legislators to meet a high standard of conduct. As information comes out, we expect the consequences to meet the actions, both in the court of law, and in her role at the legislature,' the chamber's Republican leader, Mark Johnson, said in a separate statement.
Currently, Democrats hold just a one seat majority (34-33) in the 67-member Minnesota Senate with the Legislature now heading into the final month of its 2024 session.
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Don’t worry, she’ll be back if she ever even leaves. Since she’s a Democrat the whole thing is likely to be dropped.
Mitchell has a perfect 100% liberal voting record in the MN Senate, and if the unthinkable happens — she is actually charged with a crime! — the DFL can easily afford to virtue signal and dump her if that becomes absolutely necessary.
The 47th Senate district is fairly safe (D+9) and is centered around the ultra-liberal city of Woodbury in Washington County: upscale, over-educated, Trump-loathing (and not too fond of other Republicans either), rabid pro-abortionist Karens, etc.
This formerly marginal suburban area has taken a hard left turn in the past 10-20 years, judging by its election results.
There’s more to this story than either the police, press or the accused are saying.
i read she wanted her father’s ashes.
Yeah, this is simply some sort of family squabble that got out of hand and ended in an arrest. It’s a bit like those hysterical child abduction alerts; 99% of the time it’s the result of a custody dispute.
I did a search on this case to find this article link.
CBS News
Minnesota State Sen. Nicole Mitchell burgled stepmother’s home to get father’s ashes, sentimental items, charges say
When I clicked on the article, this was the article title:
Minnesota State Sen. Nicole Mitchell, charged with burglary, says she was checking on loved one with Alzheimer’s
So she was attempting to get her father’s ashes along with other stuff, but when caught, claimed step mom has Alzheimer’s.
My MIL married another man well after my FIL had passed away. They had set expectations about heirlooms, money etc. so everyone understood their wishes. He passed first and she was able to use his $$ for lodging and transportation, but when she passed, his remaining $$ went to their church. This allowed her mom to hang onto her $$ and leave a little bit for her three kids.
“i read she wanted her father’s ashes.”
That makes sense. It doesn’t necessarily justify “burglary,” but I figured there must be some deeper family issue, not B&E to boost the flatscreen or soomething.
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