Laura Rose Carroll, Pensacola, Florida (arrested Mar 2021) [homecoming-queen vote fraud]

Laura Rose Carroll​

Laura Rose Carroll, 50, assistant principal at Bellview Elementary School, Escambia County School District, Pensacola, Florida, homecoming-queen vote fraud


Pensacola assistant principal, daughter arrested in homecoming queen vote scandal

An assistant principal at Bellview Elementary School and her teenage daughter have been arrested for allegedly using the mother's privileged access to the Escambia County School District's internal system to cast fraudulent votes in favor of the daughter winning homecoming queen at Tate High School. Laura Rose Carroll, 50, of Pensacola, and Emily Rose Grover, 17, were both arrested Monday, according to a news release from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Both Carroll and Grover have been charged with one count of each of the following crimes: [*]Offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks and electronic devices ...

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High-schooler and her mother hacked school records to steal homecoming queen election, police say

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 already had 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. 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 ...

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Mother and daughter arrested after allegedly casting hundreds of fraudulent Homecoming Court votes

An assistant principal and her daughter have been arrested after authorities say they were responsible for fraudulently casting hundreds of votes for the high school’s Homecoming Court. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), the investigation into Laura Rose Carroll, 50, and her 17-year-old daughter, who was announced as Tate High School's Homecoming queen last October, began when the Escambia County School District in Florida contacted the FDLE to report unauthorized access into hundreds of student accounts after discovering that 117 votes for Tate High School’s Homecoming Court were allegedly originating from the same IP address in a ...

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Florida Finds Election Fraud in High School Homecoming Votes

The report about vote tampering reached the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in early November: Someone had gained access to electronic accounts without authorization. At least 117 votes had been suspiciously cast — in J.M. Tate High School’s election for homecoming court. It was a case reminiscent of the 1999 dark comedy film “Election.” Department agents arrested Laura Carroll, 50, and her daughter, Emily Grover, 17, on Monday and charged them with conspiracy to use Ms. Carroll’s school district login to help Ms. Grover get elected homecoming queen. A five-month investigation found that the login for Ms. Carroll, an assistant ...

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Mom and Daughter Arrested For Hacking Classmate Information, Allegedly Rigging Homecoming Queen Results

In Florida, and mom and daughter duo were arrested for “fraudulently accessing confidential student information” and allegedly using it to rig the results of a homecoming queen race, a thing which is made up and has no actual consequences on the world around it. The Washington Posts reports that while “instances of voter fraud in U.S. elections are vanishingly rare,” Tate High School in Escambia County School district did have its homecoming queen election results tampered with. According to local officials, Laura Rose Carroll, who worked as faculty elsewhere in the same school district, illegally accessed student information system FOCUS ...

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Assistant principal accused in homecoming court vote fraud

An assistant principal at an elementary school is accused of accessing the school district’s internal system to cast fraudulent votes for her daughter who was elected homecoming queen at her high school, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said. On Monday, agents arrested Laura Rose Carroll, 50, and her 17-year-old daughter on multiple charges stemming from the October homecoming vote at Tate High School in Pensacola. The investigation began in November when the Escambia County School District reported unauthorized access into hundreds of student accounts, according to a news release from the agency. Investigators found that in October, hundreds of ...

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Florida assistant principal, daughter arrested in homecoming queen vote scandal

An assistant principal at a Florida elementary school and her teenage daughter have been accused of using the mother's privileged access to the school district's internal system to cast fraudulent votes in favor of the daughter winning homecoming queen at her high school. Laura Rose Carroll, 50, of Pensacola, and her 17-year-old daughter were arrested Monday, according to a news release from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The teen was being held at Escambia Regional Juvenile Detention Center, authorities said. Final determination of whether she will be tried as an adult will rest with prosecutors. A report released in ...

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Mother, daughter arrested after allegedly casting hundreds of fraudulent homecoming queen votes

An assistant principal and her daughter are facing criminal charges after they allegedly rigged her high school's homecoming court vote. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement reported this week that Laura Rose Carroll, 50, and her 17-year-old daughter, who was named homecoming queen at Tate High School in October, were both arrested. The department said it was contacted by the Escambia County School District after it discovered that someone gained unauthorized access to hundreds of student accounts. The school learned of the breach after finding that 117 of the homecoming court votes had come from the same IP address in ...

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Another Scheming High-School Mom Has Been Arrested

This week, we bring you another installment in the disturbingly entertaining pantheon of scheming high-school-mom stories: The latest tale involves a homecoming-queen contender, election fraud, and, of course, a scheming high-school mom with an indelible mugshot. Laura Carroll, an assistant principal at Bellview Elementary School near Pensacola, Florida, allegedly conspired with her 17-year-old daughter, Emily, to help her secure the coveted title of 2020 homecoming queen. On Monday, Carroll and her daughter were both arrested on criminal charges by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. According to the New York Times, Carroll’s school-district login had been used to “gain access ...

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Woman Accused In Tate High Homecoming Vote Scandal Enters Not Guilty Plea

Laura Carroll, former assistant principal at Bellview Elementary School, and her 17-year old daughter, Emily Rose Grover, where charged by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement 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). Carrol, who is free a $6,000 bond, waived her right to appearance and was not in court Thursday morning. Her case is ...

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Assistant principal in Tate High homecoming queen scandal pleads not guilty

A woman who was arrested, along with her daughter, and accused of using her special access to a student data system as the Bellview Elementary School assistant principal to rig Tate High School's homecoming queen election has pleaded not guilty. Laura Carroll, 50, was arraigned Thursday morning and pleaded not guilty on four different counts, including three third-degree felonies and one first-degree misdemeanor. Assistant State Attorney John Molchan said the next steps will be to enter the discovery phase, where he will turn over evidence and documents to Carroll's attorney. "It's kind of a complex case because of the computer ...

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Tate High School homecoming queen will be charged as an adult in election scandal

The Tate High School homecoming queen accused of rigging her school's election will be charged as an adult. Emily Grover and her mother Laura Carroll, assistant principal at Bellview Elementary School, were arrested in March after authorities said the duo used Carroll's special access to the district's student data system to cast hundreds of fraudulent votes for Grover in the homecoming queen election. Grover was arrested when she was 17 years old. She turned 18 on April 16. "This is not unusual with young people of that age. Juvenile (court) cannot do anything or supervise them after they become 18. ...

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Teen accused of rigging homecoming queen election with mom charged as adult

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 ...

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Florida Teen charged as adult in rigged homecoming election

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 ...

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Florida student accused of rigging homecoming queen vote could face 16-year sentence

A Florida high school student accused of rigging her school's election will be charged as an adult. Emily Grover and her mother, Laura Carroll, assistant principal at Bellview Elementary School, were arrested in March after authorities said the duo used Carroll's special access to the district's student data system to cast hundreds of fraudulent votes for Grover in the homecoming queen election at Tate High School. Grover was arrested when she was 17 years old. She turned 18 on April 16. "This is not unusual with young people of that age," said assistant state attorney John Molchan. "Juvenile (court) cannot ...

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Florida student accused of rigging homecoming queen vote could face 16-year sentence

A Florida high school student accused of rigging her school's election will be charged as an adult. Emily Grover and her mother, Laura Carroll, assistant principal at Bellview Elementary School, were arrested in March after authorities said the duo used Carroll's special access to the district's student data system to cast hundreds of fraudulent votes for Grover in the homecoming queen election at Tate High School. Grover was arrested when she was 17 years old. She turned 18 on April 16. "This is not unusual with young people of that age," said assistant state attorney John Molchan. "Juvenile (court) cannot ...

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Florida student accused of rigging homecoming queen vote could face 16-year sentence

A Florida high school student accused of rigging her school's election will be charged as an adult. Emily Grover and her mother, Laura Carroll, assistant principal at Bellview Elementary School, were arrested in March after authorities said the duo used Carroll's special access to the district's student data system to cast hundreds of fraudulent votes for Grover in the homecoming queen election at Tate High School. Grover was arrested when she was 17 years old. She turned 18 on April 16. "This is not unusual with young people of that age," said assistant state attorney John Molchan. "Juvenile (court) cannot ...

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Florida student accused of rigging homecoming queen vote could face 16-year sentence

A Florida high school student accused of rigging her school's election will be charged as an adult. Emily Grover and her mother, Laura Carroll, assistant principal at Bellview Elementary School, were arrested in March after authorities said the duo used Carroll's special access to the district's student data system to cast hundreds of fraudulent votes for Grover in the homecoming queen election at Tate High School. Grover was arrested when she was 17 years old. She turned 18 on April 16. "This is not unusual with young people of that age," said assistant state attorney John Molchan. "Juvenile (court) cannot ...

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Who is Emily Grover? Florida girl, 18, faces 16-year jail for hacking 'homecoming queen' contest with mom's help

A Florida teenager will be charged as an adult in a bizarre case of election rigging. No this is not the Presidential election, but rather a homecoming vote at her school. Emily Rose Grover, who was 17 at the time of her arrest in March, turned 18 in April and is thus eligible to be tried as an adult. Grover and her mother, Laura Rose Carroll, have been hit with a host of felony charges for hacking the Escambia County School District. They were arrested after officials reported unauthorized access into hundreds of student accounts, sparking off an investigation by ...

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Teen accused of rigging vote to become homecoming queen will be tried as an adult

On the day she was crowned homecoming queen, Emily Grover wore a sparkly silver dress. A bouquet of roses rested in the crook of her arm, and a crown adorned her curled blond hair. Then the achievement crashed down around her: Prosecutors accused her and her mother, an assistant principal in the same school district, of casting hundreds of illicit votes to rig the election. Grover was expelled from her high school, and her mother, Laura Carroll, was suspended from her job. Prosecutors have moved to try Grover as an adult, the Florida State Attorney’s Office for Escambia County confirmed. ...

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Former Tate homecoming queen pleads not guilty to rigging homecoming election

Emily Grover, the Tate High School homecoming queen accused of rigging her school's election, pleaded not guilty in court this week to all four charges she faces. Grover, who was 17 when arrested and has since turned 18 and is being tried as an adult, was scheduled to appear in Escambia County Court on Friday. Her attorney, however, filed a waiver earlier this week and entered Grover's plea of not guilty. Grover is charged with one count of each of the following: [*]Offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks and electronic devices (third-degree felony) [*]Unlawful use of a ...

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Tate yearbook editor barred from graduation over altered photo of expelled homecoming queen

The editor of Tate High School's yearbook says she was unfairly disciplined — and barred from her upcoming graduation ceremony — for altering the yearbook to remove images of the now-expelled homecoming queen who is accused of rigging the election. Samantha Guerrier, 18, says she was instructed by school administrators in November to remove any photos of Emily Grover from the yearbook. Grover made national headlines after she and her mother were arrested for allegedly hacking into the student data system to cast fake votes to secure the crown for Grover. Facing a tight deadline with few other photo options, ...

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They Say She Rigged a Homecoming Queen Contest. She Faces Decades Behind Bars.

On March 15, four police cruisers pulled up to a modest brick house in the sleepy town of Cantonment, Florida, to arrest two accused hackers. The cops fanned out, swat team-style around the home, stationing themselves at the front, back and side doors. They pounded on windows and demanded the alleged cyber crooks show their faces, according to witnesses and court documents. Out came an unlikely pair: Laura Carroll, a petite 50-year-old elementary school vice principal and her 17-year-old daughter, Emily Grover, a popular local tennis star and “A” student at nearby Tate High School. Police cuffed the women and, ...

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