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(Fargo, ND) -- Charging documents filed in Becker County are revealing additional details in the case of a Minnesota state senator who is accused of breaking into a home in Detroit Lakes. Nicole Mitchell was arrested Monday morning after police responded to a report of a burglary at the home. The information below is from the Statement of Probable Cause filed by the arresting

The Daily Beast/Minnesota SenateA Minnesota state senator charged with burglarizing her stepmom’s home, is denying that she wanted to steal anything, instead claiming that police were called after she startled a family member suffering from Alzheimer’s.Police officers in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota discovered Democrat Nicole Mitchell, clad in all black and armed with a DIY dampened flashlight, in her stepmom’s basement, after receiving a call at 4:45 a.m on Monday morning, clai...

The state senator who was clad in all black when she was found in her stepmom’s basement claims she was actually performing a wellness check on a relative with Alzheimer’s.

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