The burglary trial of Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell entered its third day of testimony on Thursday and the case could soon be presented to the jury.The Woodbury Democrat is accused of burglarizing the Detroit Lakes home of her stepmother,

Democratic state Sen. Nicole Mitchell took the witness stand in her burglary trial Thursday morning in self defense to explain why she allegedly broke into her stepmother’s home at 4 a.m. last April wearing all black and equipped with flashlights and a crowbar to enter through a basement window.

Sen. Nicole Mitchell took the stand on Thursday in her burglary trial, testifying for hours about her relationship with her family and why she went into her stepmother's home early in the morning in April 2024.