DETROIT LAKES — A former Minnesota lawmaker convicted of felony burglary will serve six months in jail, a Becker County judge ordered.

Judge Michael Fritz ordered the sentence for former Minnesota Sen. Nicole Mitchell during a hearing on Monday, Sept. 23. Mitchell was convicted of two felony burglary charges, first-degree burglary and possession of burglary or theft tools by a Becker County jury after a five-day trial in July.

In Minnesota, first-degree burglary convictions carry a mandatory minimum sentence of six months in jail.

Mitchell was charged with the felonies after breaking into her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes house on April 22, 2024. The jury found Mitchell guilty on both counts after hearing witness testimony and seeing bodycam footage from law enforcement officers who ar

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