HOUSTON, Texas – On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, deputies with Constable Jerry Garcia’s Special Operations Unit, working alongside the DEA-Galveston Regional Office, arrested 42-year-old Joseph Ray Pittman following a lengthy narcotics investigation.
Pittman was taken into custody in the 8500 block of South Sam Houston Parkway, in a business parking lot, after deputies observed him conducting another suspected drug transaction.
During the arrest, deputies found a concealed firearm on Pittman, which he was carrying without a holster, and a large quantity of narcotics inside his vehicle. Investigators recovered multiple controlled substances, including fentanyl, heroin, powdered and crack cocaine, Xanax, hydrocodone, and carisoprodol (Soma) — all packaged for distribution…