{"id":61880,"date":"2026-01-29T18:01:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=61880"},"modified":"2026-01-29T18:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:01:47","slug":"substitute-teacher-in-lake-alfred-arrested-at-school-for-dui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/01\/29\/substitute-teacher-in-lake-alfred-arrested-at-school-for-dui\/","title":{"rendered":"Substitute teacher in Lake Alfred arrested at school for DUI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A substitute teacher was arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) on Tuesday morning, January 27, 2026, while in a school parking lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At around 10:29 am on Tuesday, a Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputy who is assigned to Lake Alfred Polytech (925 N. Buena Vista Drive, Lake Alfred) as a school resource officer, as he was attempting to back out of his parking space.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The substitute teacher was identified as 44-year old Micah Alan Dyal of Haines City<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Field Sobriety Test was administered to Dyal, and he showed multiple obvious signs of impairment, including the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Micah Dyal was subsequently arrested and transported to the Sheriff\u2019s Processing Center where he was charged with DUI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dyal consented to a blood draw, and the sample will be submitted to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for testing to determine blood-alcohol content and\/or drug use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis substitute teacher was drunker than Cooter Brown at school while he was supposed to be teaching our children. We gave him an education when we took him to jail.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Grady Judd, Sheriff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polk County Public Schools provided the following statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe commend our school staff for noticing that something was off, and not allowing this individual to proceed to the classroom yesterday. What a terrible decision and unacceptable behavior from someone working on a campus. This person will no longer have any involvement with PCPS.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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