An emotional Sen. Nicole Mitchell testified about her troubled relationship with her stepmother as she took the stand Thursday in her burglary trial. Mitchell was

Sen. Nicole Mitchell took the stand in her own defense in her felony burglary trial Thursday, depicting herself as a concerned stepdaughter who took steps to conduct a welfare check on her stepmother without being seen.

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,