A Democratic politician from Texas was arrested for the third time and jailed after she was caught driving while intoxicated, cops said.
The incident was just the latest to involve Carla Wyatt, 56, who serves as the treasurer of Harris County, where the city of Houston is located.
Wyatt, who was elected in 2022, has faced similar charges in 2023 and 2025, including when she avoided an indictment for burglary of a vehicle by telling a jury she had been checked for a 'mini-stroke' last year, the Houston Chronicle reported.
At 1:30am Saturday, police in Texas City approached a car that had been reported and found the female driver Wyatt 'to be asleep.'
An officer woke Wyatt up and asked her where she was, to which she responded that she was 'in Heaven.'
After repeated attempts to get the treasurer to say where she was and where she was going, she finally said she was in Houston, trying to get to Galveston for a conference the next morning.
At one point, Wyatt admitted to having one glass of wine that evening, before eventually changing her story to two glasses.
The arresting officers said they 'smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting' from Wyatt.
Carla Wyatt, 56, is the treasurer of Harris County, where the city of Houston is located
Wyatt, who was elected in 2022, has faced similar charges in 2023 and 2025, including when she avoided an indictment for burglary of a vehicle by telling a jury she had been checked for a 'mini-stroke' last year
Wyatt also sat on the rear bumper of her car to remain upright, the officer said, according to police documents obtained by ABC13.
She eventually failed a field sobriety test and was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
Wyatt was immediately taken to the Galveston County jail but has since been released, according to jail records.
'We are looking forward to obtaining all of the available discovery in this case and investigating the basis for this arrest. Dr. Wyatt denies that she committed any criminal act whatsoever,' Wyatt's attorney, Christopher Downey, said in a statement.
Local officials face a question over whether they can suspend or expel Wyatt, with the treasurer up for re-election this November.
In 2023, Wyatt was arrested and charged with a DWI for driving nearly double the legal blood alcohol limit.
A Texas Democrat lawmaker was arrested for the third time and jailed after getting a late night DWI
Wyatt agreed to, in exchange for dropping those charges, go through a court-issued program.
Last year, Wyatt was arrested and charged with burglary of a vehicle.
Harris told prosecutors she had been checked for a 'mini stroke' and a grand jury declined to indict her.