Minnesota State Sen. Nicole Mitchell denies burglarizing stepmother’s home

I learned this afternoon that a Minnesota

state

senator adamantly

denies

allegations that she broke the law today. Becker County prosecutors charge DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell with first-degree robbery. Police said she broke into a

home

in Detroit Lakes yesterday morning. wcco's Caroline Cummings has the latest on the case and what the senator herself is saying now, so I'm going to say I'm going to vote yes, according to the criminal complaint, police responded to a report of a robbery in Detroit Lakes before from 5:00 a.m. m. As of Monday, the house belongs to the DFL senator. Nicole Mitchell's

stepmother

and police said in the criminal complaint that her officers found her dressed in all black and a black hat and that a black backpack was stuck in a small basement window.

The document details that she told police that she wanted to recover some of her late father's items. things like photographs and her ashes after her

stepmother

refused to contact her and other family members, police said Mitchell admitted quote I know I did something wrong after being read, Miranda writes, but in a Facebook post This afternoon she

denies

all the accusations, her explanation of what happened drastically different from the police account detailed in the criminal complaint, she said she went to see a family member who has Alzheimer's disease and I quote: I walked into a house in the that I have come and gone countless times over the past 20 years, unfortunately, I scared this close relative away. exacerbating the paranoia and I was accused of theft, which I strongly deny.

Calls are growing from some members of the legislature for her to resign. Top Republican Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson said the allegations are, quote, disturbing, adding that the behavior is unbecoming of a member of the legislature and she needs to resign from the Senate immediately. Senate Majority Leader Aaron Murphy said the allegations are disturbing and that the alleged behavior is far outside the character she has established in the Senate and in her distinguished career in the military and added a quote that we believe . due process and Senator Mitchell is entitled to a full defense of her case in court in the coming days and weeks.

Senator Mitchell must also have serious and difficult conversations with her colleagues, constituents and her family Caroline Cummings WCCO News WCCO spoke with Mitchell's attorney by phone this afternoon she said she advised him not to resign