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A judge on Friday deemed allegations against Harris County Treasurer Carla Wyatt following her Washington Avenue arrest ambiguous enough to merit a deeper look.

Wyatt, a Democrat elected in 2022, was charged with misdemeanor burglary of a vehicle following her Dec. 27 arrest in the Forget Me Not restaurant parking lot, where employees noticed a woman in a colleague's vehicle. The vehicle's owner, who had her keys, did not know Wyatt, a prosecutor, Carina Batista, said.

Restaurant workers saw Wyatt rifling through the vehicle, taking things out and looking for something to steal, Batista said. A security guard confronted Wyatt just before noon as police were called.

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Wyatt was previously arrested for driving while intoxicated in December 2023. The charge was dismissed in August after she completed a year-long pre-trial diversion program.

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