Homecoming Queen Hacker to be Tried as an Adult
A teenager from Florida who allegedly hacked into the accounts of Pensacola high school students to cast fraudulent homecoming court votes for herself is facing felony charges.
Tate High School homecoming queen Emily Rose Grover allegedly teamed up with her mother, 50-year-old Laura Rose Carroll, to cast nearly 250 fake votes. Carroll works as an assistant principal at Bellview Elementary School in Escambia County.
Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) arrested Pensacola residents Carroll and Grover on March 15, 2021.
Each defendant was charged with one count each of offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks, and electronic devices (a third-degree felony), unlawful use of a two-way communications device (a third-degree felony), criminal use of personally identifiable information (a third-degree felony), and conspiracy to commit these offenses (a first-degree misdemeanor).
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The school district brought FDLE into the investigation soon after the vote, alleging unauthorized access into hundreds of student accounts.
Investigators further alleged the mother s FOCUS account was used as far back as August 2019 to access 372 high school records 339 of which belonged to Tate High School students. I recall times that [the teen] logged onto her mom s FOCUS account and openly shared information, grades, schedules, etc., with others, one student told investigators, according to the arrest document, reports
The Washington Post. She did not seem like logging in was a big deal and was very comfortable with doing so.