Overview

• A Becker County jury delivered its verdict after roughly three hours of deliberations, convicting Mitchell of first-degree burglary and possessing burglary tools for the April 2024 break-in.
• Police found Mitchell in the basement dressed in all black with a flashlight wrapped in a sock, discovered a pry bar near a basement window, and recovered a backpack containing laptops, her driver’s license and Senate identification.
• Mitchell admitted on the stand that she lied to officers about her motive, insisting she entered to check on her stepmother’s Alzheimer’s-related decline despite earlier claims to retrieve her late father’s belongings.
• DFL Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy said Mitchell had pledged to resign if convicted, and Republican leaders demanded her immediate ouster or an expulsion vote in the next legislative session.
• Mitchell faces up to 20 years in prison with sentencing scheduled in the coming weeks, and her resignation would trigger a special election for her tightly held Woodbury-area seat.