News4Jax finds new twist in homecoming queen election scandal
Attorney describes fallout for Florida teen accused of hacking homecoming
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Teenager accused of tampering with homecoming votes in Pensacola (Courtesy: NorthEscambia.com)
PENSACOLA, Fla. – A Florida teen accused of rigging a homecoming queen election with her mother is being charged as an adult, prosecutors said.
Emily Rose Grover was still 17 when she was arrested in March. She turned 18 in April, and the State Attorney’s Office in Escambia County confirmed that Grover will be tried as an adult.
Grover and her mother, Laura Rose Carroll, 50, face multiple felony charges stemming from the October homecoming vote at Tate High School in Cantonment, north of Pensacola.
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.
6May 2021
In the UK, we don’t have a Homecoming celebration at the end of high school (instead we have an ‘after prom’ campout with WKDs and White Lightning), so it’s hard to understand the desperation that many American teens feel when it comes to the accolate of Homecoming Queen or King. That is, until a 17-year-old in Florida got herself arrested while trying to cheat her school’s vote and claim the title.
Emily Rose Grover and her mum, Laura Rose Caroll, are both facing various felonies after hacking into students’ online accounts and submitting 250 false votes for Grover to become 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.