First Posted: May 05, 2021 12:32 AM EDT
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A Florida teen who allegedly rigged a homecoming election is being charged as an adult. Emily Rose Grover was arrested in March and was only 17 years old at the time.
Grover turned 18 last April. With this, the state of Attorney s Office in Escambia County confirmed Tuesday that she would be tried as an adult.
Emily Rose Grover allegedly rigged the election with her mother, Laura Rose Carroll, 50. She and her mother face multiple felony charges from the October homecoming vote at Tate High School in Pensacola, Florida, Click Orlando reported.
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Authorities appear to have uncovered a vast, nefarious conspiracy to electronically rig an American election in favor of an illegitimate victor. Neither Deep State supercomputers nor Russian intelligence agencies are alleged to have been involved in this one, however.
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Instead, the election in question is the 2020 race for Homecoming Queen at Tate High School in Cantonment, Fl., and the culprits would appear to have been an assistant principal at a local elementary school and her teenage daughter.
Emily Rose Grover, who recently turned 18, and her mother, Laura Rose Carroll, 50, are facing multiple felony charges related to a scheme conducted last October in which both allegedly “hacked” into the school district’s student data system to rig the Homecoming race in favor of Grover.
Florida Teen charged as adult in rigged homecoming election
by The Associated Press
Last Updated May 4, 2021 at 9:44 am EDT
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 Tuesday 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 Pensacola.
While employed as an assistant principal at Bellview Elementary School in the same county, Carroll accessed the school district’s internal system to cast fraudulent votes for her daughter so that she would win, officials said. The investigation began in November when the Escambia County School District reported unauthorized access into hundreds of student accounts, accor
Florida teen, mom charged with rigging homecoming queen election
Updated May 04, 2021;
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 Tuesday 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 Pensacola.
While employed as an assistant principal at Bellview Elementary School in the same county, Carroll accessed the school district’s internal system to cast fraudulent votes for her daughter so that she would win, officials said. The investigation began in November when the Escambia County School District reported unauthorized access into hundreds of student accounts, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.