Nicole Mitchell enters ‘not guilty’ plea to burglary charge

Nicole Mitchell, a Minnesota State Senator from Woodbury, has entered a “not guilty” plea to one count of burglary after being accused of burglarizing her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes home.

As previously reported, Mitchell’s stepmother called police and said that someone — later identified as Mitchell — ran into her basement. When police got to the home, they found Mitchell dressed entirely in black clothing and a black hat in the basement.

While being arrested, Mitchell reported said she was trying to get some things that belonged to her father, who recently died.

In a black backpack stuck in a basement window, officers found two laptops, a cellphone, plastic containers and Mitchell’s IDs. According to court documents filed Tuesday, prosecutors are barred from arguing that Mitchell stole one of the laptops found in the backpack.

Click here for KSTP’s full coverage of the burglary case against Nicole Mitchell.