DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Fear and paranoia were common themes in testimony Wednesday as the burglary trial for a Minnesota state senator continued. On the third day of the trial of Sen. Nicole Mitchell, accused of burglarizing her stepmother’s Detroit … Continued
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