A substitute teacher was arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) on Tuesday morning, January 27, 2026, while in a school parking lot.
At around 10:29 am on Tuesday, a Polk County Sheriff’s 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.
The substitute teacher was identified as 44-year old Micah Alan Dyal of Haines City.
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…