Attorney indicted in Census shooting

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) - A Williamson County grand jury on Thursday indicted attorney Carolyn Barnes, 53, on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against a public servant.

It is a first-degree felony punishable by five years to life in prison. District Attorney John Bradley said she could be sentenced to probation if convicted.

Barnes is accused of firing a weapon at a Census worker in May . Kathleen Gittel was not hit in the incident, but Barnes allegedly fired more than one shot at Gittel, telling her to get off her property.

According to Williamson County jail records, Barnes had been booked into the WIlliamson County jail eight times before for charges ranging from contempt of court to making a terroristic threat. In 2002, a Williamson County jury found Barnes guilty of interfering with a routine traffic stop.

Barnes' arrest history does not stop in Williamson County. In January Barnes was arrested at the Travis County Courthouse after she allegedly hit a Travis County deputy at the security checkpoint after he found a knife in her possession and asked her to leave it in her car.

A court date on the current charge has not yet been made public.