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Jurors were assembled Monday as assistant district attorneys Brian Price and Kyle Nuttall prepared to try the first felony jury trial in Milam County since the start of COVID-19.

As the trial was getting set to begin, defendant Ursula Schlemmer decided to plead guilty to illegally dumping more than 1,000 pounds of litter and other waste.

Schlemmer was placed on two years of deferred adjudication with standard conditions of probation, during which time she will be required to repay Milam County for the costs of cleaning up the property where the waste was dumped, near FM 487 at the San Gabriel River.