By Monica
Mar 16, 2021
In a beautiful silver dress, the homecoming queen at J.M. Tate High School in Cantonment, Fla., stood on the football field in late October to accept her crown.
The students, had already begun spreading whispers about her victory. The homecoming queen had bragged for years about abusing the access her mother had to student records as an assistant principal Now, witnesses said, she was boasting about using the same access to cast hundreds of ballots in her own election.
On Monday, the 17-year-old senior and her mother, Laura Rose Carroll, 50, were arrested and charged with fraudulently accessing confidential student information.
High-schooler and her mother hacked school records to steal homecoming queen election, police say
Jaclyn Peiser, The Washington Post
March 16, 2021
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In a sparkling silver dress, the homecoming queen at J.M. Tate High School in Cantonment, Fla., stood on the football field on a brisk evening in late October to accept her crown.
But among the students, whispers had already begun spreading about her victory. The homecoming queen had bragged for years about abusing the access her mother had to student records as an assistant principal in the same school system, witnesses later told investigators.
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