July 19 (UPI) -- A state senator from Minnesota has been found guilty of burglary and breaking into her stepmother's home after a week-long trial. A jury this week convicted State Sen. Nicole Mitchell of felony counts of burglary and possession of burglary or theft tools. The 50-year-old lawyer and former Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard had claimed she was entering the home of her former stepmother Carol Mitchell with permission and was conducting a welfare check. Detroit Lakes