LAKELAND, Fla. – A Friday night in Lakeland ended with a set of handcuffs for 54-year-old Deanna Kay Parks, an elementary school teacher now facing a felony charge after a messy dispute with an ex-boyfriend allegedly turned into a late-night hit-and-run.
Detectives with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office picked up the Valleyview Elementary teacher on May 1, 2026. The arrest stems from an incident that went down roughly a week earlier, just after midnight on April 26.
According to investigators, Parks targeted a vehicle parked near Yarborough Lane—a car belonging to the woman currently dating her former boyfriend…