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When nan stepmother of Democratic Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell reported a location break-in astir 4:45 a.m. Monday, she said she was equipped pinch "a small steak knife" aft uncovering an intruder adjacent to her bed, according to a 911 telephone transcript obtained by Fox News Digital Thursday.
Mitchell’s stepmother told a dispatcher nan intruder ran downstairs to nan basement of her location successful nan 700 artifact of Granger Road successful Detroit Lakes, and she didn’t cognize if nan personification was "breaking retired nan backmost window."
Mitchell was recovered and arrested astatine nan location aft constabulary arrived and allegedly recovered her wearing each achromatic pinch a flashlight covered pinch a achromatic sock nearby. She was charged pinch first-degree burglary.
When nan dispatcher asked if nan caller sewage a bully look astatine nan intruder, she responded: "No, it was wholly dark. I tripped complete 'em. Ah, he was connected nan level adjacent to my bed. He ran downstairs into my basement."
DEMOCRATIC MINNESOTA STATE SENATOR CLAIMS SHE WAS CHECKING IN ON ILL LOVED ONE DURING ALLEGED BURGLARY
Democratic authorities Sen. Nicole Mitchell, 47, was charged pinch first-degree burglary Tuesday. (Becker County Jail)
The caller besides told nan dispatcher she had grabbed "a small steak knife." Throughout nan call, she only referred to nan intruder arsenic "he" and ne'er suggested she knew who had entered her home.
Mitchell denied nan burglary allegation successful a Facebook station Tuesday, claiming she went to cheque connected "a loved one" pinch Alzheimer's aft learning of aesculapian accusation which caused her "grave concern."
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According to nan 911 telephone transcript, nan dispatcher asked nan caller if she could perceive anyone breaking retired nan model successful nan basement.
"I'm not proceeding thing correct now," she responded. "Maybe nan model is already unfastened down there. There's a basement — a driblet model that tin crank open. I don't know."
According to a criminal complaint, responding officers recovered that a achromatic backpack belonging to Mitchell was propping unfastened a basement window. Inside nan backpack, officers recovered a laptop belonging to nan stepmother, who told officers that she ne'er gave it to Mitchell.
Mitchell was elected to correspond Minnesota's Senate District 47 successful 2022. (Minnesota State Senate)
Mitchell acknowledged she entered done a model and told investigators she was trying to get her precocious father's ashes, photos, a flannel garment and different items of sentimental value, nan criminal title said. Mitchell claimed her stepmother had stopped speaking to her aft her father’s decease and refused to springiness her nan items.
DEMOCRATIC MINNESOTA STATE SENATOR CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE BURGLARY AFTER BREAKING INTO STEPMOTHER'S HOUSE
"I cognize I did thing bad," Mitchell is quoted arsenic saying successful nan complaint.
Mitchell is accused of breaking into her stepmother's location and stealing a laptop. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)
In Mitchell’s Facebook post, nan authorities legislator said she entered nan location but did not explicate why she apparently entered done a model successful nan acheronian early greeting hours.
"Unfortunately, I startled this adjacent relative, exacerbating paranoia, and I was accused of stealing, which I perfectly deny," Mitchell wrote.
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Mitchell, of Woodbury, has represented District 47 since she was elected to nan authorities Senate successful 2022. She was antecedently a meteorologist for KSTP-TV and Minnesota Public Radio and serves arsenic a lieutenant colonel successful nan Air National Guard.
