Overview

• Judge Michael Fritz ordered a 180-day term with Ramsey County work release and five years of supervised probation, staying a 21-month prison sentence.
• Under Minnesota rules, defendants typically serve two-thirds of a jail term in custody, putting Mitchell’s time behind bars at roughly four months before supervised release.
• A July jury verdict found Mitchell guilty of first-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools for entering her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes home in April 2024, as police body-camera video documented.
• Victim Carol Mitchell described lasting fear in a statement read in court, saying, "Fear has moved in with me to stay."
• Mitchell resigned from the Senate a week after the conviction, a Nov. 4 special election will fill her former seat, and her defense team plans to appeal.