That’s not constituent service.
A Minnesota state senator was arrested early Monday on suspicion of first-degree burglary — hundreds of miles from her home turf.
Nicole Mitchell, a 49-year-old first-term Democrat who reps the Twin Cities suburbs of Woodbury and Maplewood, was taken into custody after a homeowner called police in Detroit Lakes — 220 miles to the northwest — to report an intruder, according to local reports.
Mitchell, a former TV and radio meteorologist and a commander in the Air National Guard, was booked into the Becker County Jail, where she remained as of Monday afternoon, according to online records.
Becker County Sheriff Todd Glander told The Post that he expected a criminal complaint against the lawmaker to be filed Tuesday.
A spokesperson for the Minnesota Senate Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party said in a statement the party was “aware of the situation and has no comment pending further information.”
Currently, Democrats hold a 34-33 majority in the 67-member Minnesota Senate.
The chamber’s Republican leader, Mark Johnson, said in a separate statement: “The public expects Legislators to meet a high standard of conduct. As information comes out, we expect the consequences to meet the actions, both in the court of law, and in her role at the legislature.”
Mitchell was elected to a four-year term in 2022 and has worked on policies relating to veterans, child protection and climate change.
She also helped introduce a bill calling for criminal penalties for those who fail to meet safe firearm storage standards and co-authored a bill proposing incarcerated people in the state to be relocated from prisons to their last stated address.
The Becker County Court Administration’s office did not immediately respond to an inquiry from The Post.