Texas Democrat arrested — for the third time

A Texas Democrat seeking re-election in November has been arrested — again.

Early Saturday morning, police in Texas City responded to a report of a car parked in the left lane of Highway 3. Around 1:30 a.m., they discovered Harris County Treasurer Carla Wyatt (D) fast asleep in the driver’s seat of a vehicle parked with the engine running and its hazard lights on, according to reports citing court documents.

‘This arrest is for a subsequent offense/arrest of Driving While Intoxicated.’

Reports claim the officer opened the door and turned off the ignition for safety reasons before waking Wyatt up. When the officer asked her where she was, she claimed both that she was “in heaven” and in Houston, court documents said, even though Houston was more than 40 miles away.

According to court documents, Wyatt also told the officer she was in the area for a conference in Galveston later that morning. She initially claimed she had had one glass of wine at home around 10 p.m. the previous night but later changed her story and said she’d had two glasses of wine.

The cop smelled alcohol and noticed that Wyatt was not steady on her feet, the documents indicated. She also expressed uneasiness about taking a field sobriety test on account of a previous foot injury.

Wyatt was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, a Class B misdemeanor. She was released on $3,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court again on June 26.

Wyatt did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News, but her attorney, Chris Downey, sent the following statement: “Dr. Wyatt denies that she committed any criminal offense on the date in question. We are awaiting the release of the relevant discovery in the case so that we can evaluate the facts that led to her arrest.”

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A bond addendum signed by the investigator notes that “this arrest is for a subsequent offense/arrest of Driving While Intoxicated.”

Indeed, Wyatt was similarly charged with DWI in December 2023 after reportedly registering an astonishing blood alcohol level of between 0.365% and 0.367%, more than four times the legal limit.

According to the Houston Chronicle, Wyatt allegedly violated the terms of her probation in that case, once in January 2024 and once in March 2024. Nevertheless, the case was dismissed in August after she completed a pretrial diversion program.

Then in December 2025, Wyatt was arrested again, this time for alleged burglary of a vehicle. A grand jury declined to indict her in connection with that case in April.

Wyatt, 56, was first elected to be Harris County treasurer in 2022. She is running for re-election in November and is among the 2026 candidates listed on the Harris County Democratic Party website.

The HCDP did not respond to a request for comment.

Editor’s note: This article has been edited after publication to include a statement from Wyatt’s attorney, Chris Downey.

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