Crime, Law and Justice

Nicole Mitchell testifies, insisting she went into stepmother’s home only for a welfare check

A video camera screen grab.
In a screengrab from a video, Sen. Nicole Mitchell is seen on a police officer's body camera. Mitchell stands accused of breaking and entering into her stepmother's Detroit Lakes home.
Screegrab via Pool Feed from KVLY

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The DFL senator from Woodbury took the stand Thursday to testify in her defense in a criminal case, saying her relationship with her stepmother worsened in recent years, after the onset of Alzheimer's disease.