POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Polk County elementary school dean is accused of driving while under the influence of alcohol, according to deputies.
According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, 48-year-old Willie English, Jr., of Avon Park, was pulled over around 12:15 a.m.
Thursday after driving his vehicle off the road twice near Avon Park Cutoff Road and Highway 98 East. English told deputies he works as the dean of students at Sun ‘N Lake Elementary school in Sebring and also works part-time as a supervisor for TrueCore Behavioral at the Bartow Youth Academy, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said English -- with bloodshot and watery eyes -- told them he’d only had one drink after getting off work. About two hours