An Escambia County assistant principal and her daughter hacked into dozens of student accounts to cast illegitimate votes for candidates in her daughter’s high school’s homecoming court, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
A mother and daughter in Pensacola, Florida, have been accused of rigging a high school homecoming court election by accessing accounts without authorization, authorities said Monday.
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Laura Rose Carroll, 50, and 17-year-old daughter facing charges, FDLE says
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An assistant principal at a Florida high school and her teen daughter have been arrested after authorities say they accessed student accounts to rig a homecoming queen vote.
Laura Rose Carroll, 50, and her 17-year-old daughter were arrested Monday on charges including offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks, and electronic devices, unlawful use of a two-way communications device, criminal use of personally identifiable information and conspiracy to commit these offenses, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
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