{"id":2228169,"date":"2024-04-23T13:29:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T17:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-state-senator-arrested-on-first-degree-burglary-charges-looking-for-her-fathers-ashes\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T13:29:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T17:29:56","slug":"minnesota-state-senator-arrested-on-first-degree-burglary-charges-looking-for-her-fathers-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-state-senator-arrested-on-first-degree-burglary-charges-looking-for-her-fathers-ashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota state senator arrested for first-degree burglary while searching for father&#8217;s ashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminnesota-state-senator-arrested-on-first-degree-burglary-charges-looking-for-her-fathers-ashes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2228169&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Minnesota state senator, Nicole Mitchell,\u2064 was charged with first-degree burglary, risking \u200dthe Democrats&#8217; slim \u200cmajority. The incident\u200c occurred in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, at her\u200c stepmother&#8217;s home. Mitchell claimed she was retrieving her deceased father&#8217;s belongings, as \u2064her stepmother refused to communicate with her. These events have shaken \u200bthe political \u2064scene \u200band raised concerns about Mitchell&#8217;s actions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Minnesota\">Minnesota<\/a> state senator was charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/minnesota-state-senator-arrested-suspicion-burglary-109510848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>first-degree burglary,<\/a> possibly putting the Democrats\u2019 narrow majority in limbo.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic state Sen. Nicole Mitchell was charged with first-degree burglary after a home was broken into in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. According to the complaint, Mitchell robbed her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/minnesota-state-senator-nicole-mitchell-charges-burglary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>stepmother\u2019s home<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just trying to get a couple of my dad\u2019s things because you wouldn\u2019t talk to me anymore,\u201d Mitchell allegedly said to her stepmother during her arrest. Investigators said Mitchell said her father had recently died and that the stepmother would not talk to Mitchell or other family members.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Democratic state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, right, of Woodbury, speaks with Sen. Robert D. Farnsworth, a Republican from Hibbing, on the floor of the Minnesota Senate on April 2, 2024, at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota. (AP Photo\/Steve Karnowski)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police responded to the call at 4:45 a.m. Monday after a homeowner called the police to respond to a burglary in progress. The suspect, later identified as Mitchell, ran into the basement when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/axe-wielding-antifa-group-occupy-hotel-in-olympia-wash\/\" title=\"Axe-wielding Antifa group occupy hotel in Olympia, Wash.\">law enforcement arrived<\/a>. She was dressed in all black with a black backpack containing two laptops, a cellphone, and other items that identified Mitchell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMitchell was looking to take pictures, a flannel shirt, ashes, and other items of sentimental value\u201d from the home, according to the report. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly I\u2019m not good at this,\u201d she said, according to investigators. \u201cI know I did something bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A timeline for Mitchel to return to work in St. Paul is not clear. Senate Democrats in Minnesota hold just a one-seat majority. Her absence could make it difficult for Democrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-slams-biden-environmental-executive-orders\/\" title=\"GOP slams Biden environmental executive orders\">pass legislation<\/a> that is not bipartisan.<\/p>\n<p>Since Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) took office in 2019, he has worked with both chambers of the Minnesota government to pass <a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/governor\/accomplishments\/accomplishments.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sweeping Democratic legislation<\/a> statewide, including legalizing recreational marijuana, the largest investment into public education in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-democrats-urge-biden-to-keep-chicago-prosecutor-probing-corrupt-pols\/\" title=\"Top Democrats Urge Biden to Keep Chicago Prosecutor Probing Corrupt Pols\">state history<\/a>, and enshrining abortion as a right in Minnesota. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Senate Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus is \u201caware of the situation\u201d but declined to comment. One of Mitchell\u2019s colleagues at the Minnesota State Capitol said he was \u201cshocked\u201d by the news. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public expects legislators to meet a high standard of conduct,\u201d said Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson, a Republican. \u201cAs information comes out, we expect the consequences to meet the actions, both in the court of law and in her role at the legislature.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Minnesota state senator, Nicole Mitchell, faces first-degree burglary charges, causing uncertainty for the Democrats&#8217; slim majority. Mitchell allegedly broke into a home in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, owned by her stepmother. 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