May 7, 2021
We are learning more about the Tate High School homecoming queen vote scandal as the school prepares to recall years books over a photo edited in a way some parents tell NorthEscambia.com is going too far.
Emily Rose Grover was 17-year old juvenile at the time of her arrest in April by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. She turned 18 just a few days later, and will now be tried as an adult.
Grover and her mother Laura Carroll, former assistant principal at Bellview Elementary School, were charged by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement with one count each of felony offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks, and electronic devices; felony unlawful use of a two-way communications device, felony criminal use of personally identifiable information, and conspiracy to commit these offenses. The misdemeanor conspiracy charge against both has been upgraded by prosecutors to a felony count.
The good news this week is that the country is getting ready to open up again. Festivals, outdoor concerts, and sports will soon welcome live audiences. This is big news. So big, that it is awakening 3 trillion cicadas who will soon be joining us for a fun time.
   Cicadas are insects the size of your thumb. Sorta like murder hornets, except cicadas won t kill you, they will just annoy the hell out of you. They will soon be emerging from the ground in 15 states in the midwest and east where they spent the last 17 years hibernating. Now, they are coming out to eat your trees, have sex, and die. They are ugly, destructive, and very noisy, so it will be like 3 trillion politicians with big red eyes invading the land. Cicadas are also edible and can be fried and are said to taste just like crickets.
Emily Grover and her mother, Laura Carroll, face felony charges over allegations that they cast hundreds of illegal ballots so Grover would become her high school’s homecoming queen.
May 6, 2021
A Florida high school student who is accused of working with her mother to hack into the school system to rig the homecoming election will be tried as an adult as she and her mother face a litany of felony charges. Emily Rose Grover was 17 years old at the time of her arrest back in March by the Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement. Grover turned 18 just a few days after her arrest and will now be tried as an adult.
Grover was arrested along with her mother Laura Carroll, former assistant principal at Bellview Elementary School, and are charged with one count each of felony offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks, and electronic devices; felony unlawful use of a two-way communications device, felony criminal use of personally identifiable information, and conspiracy to commit these offenses.
Emily Rose Grover, Teen Accused of Rigging Homecoming in Florida, Faces 16 Years in Prison
On 5/6/21 at 12:34 PM EDT
A teenager accused of rigging a homecoming queen election with her mother will be charged as an adult and could face 16 years in prison, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Emily Rose Grover was 17 years old when she was arrested in March for multiple felony charges, but she turned 18 in April. The State Attorney s Office in Escambia County, Florida, confirmed to ABC News that she will be tried as an adult.
Prosecutors allege she and her 50-year-old mother, Laura Rose Carroll, rigged the competition by hacking into a school district computer system.