Harris County Treasurer Dr. Carla Wyatt was arrested early Saturday in Galveston County and charged with driving while intoxicated. Galveston County’s daily bulletin lists Wyatt, Carla Lena, as arrested at 1:56 a.m. on May 9, 2026, in Texas City on a misdemeanor DWI charge. Separate records also show she was booked into the Galveston County Jail.  The arrest places Wyatt back in criminal court territory less than five months after her December 2025 arrest in Harris County. That earlier case involved an allegation of burglary of a motor vehicle, but it did not result in an indictment.  

Office history and prior cases

Wyatt first won the Harris County Treasurer’s office in 2022 and took office on Jan. 1, 2023. Harris County’s official treasurer page says she made history as the first African American elected to the position.   The new case is not Wyatt’s first DWI matter. Court records cited in prior reporting show she was arrested and charged with DWI in 2023, and prosecutors alleged at the time that her blood alcohol concentration was at least .15. That charge was later dismissed after she completed a pretrial diversion program.  Wyatt’s most recent case before this weekend arose from her December 2025 arrest in Harris County on a burglary-of-a-motor-vehicle charge. In April 2026, a Harris County grand jury returned a no-bill, ending that case without an indictment.  

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With the Galveston County arrest, Wyatt now faces a new DWI charge while serving as the county’s elected treasurer. As of Sunday morning, the arrest added another chapter to a public record that already included one DWI case resolved through diversion and one separate criminal case that was dismissed after grand-jury review.  

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