district court

Lampasas County 27th District Court convened last week with Judge John Gauntt presiding over the day’s hearings.

Defendant Edward Brandon Zayas of Killeen had an open plea hearing on a charge of evading arrest/detention with a vehicle or watercraft. The court assessed him five years’ deferred adjudication and a fine.

Katelyn Marie McElroy of Lampasas entered a plea of guilty to a charge of possessio…