FOR SHOWER. MONDAY’S FORECAST MORE THE SAME WITH THE ONSHORE FLOW AND WE’LL WARM UP EARLY
NEXT WEEK. JENNIFER EXPECTED.
>> HACKING HOMECOMING THIS STORY IS ACTUALLY LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A MOVIE
ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
THERE STANDOUT IS NOW FACING
SERIOUS CRIMINAL CHARGES ALONG
WITH
HER MOM.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO THE 2 ARE
ACCUSED OF HACKING THE
HOMECOMING VOTE AT HER HIGH
SCHOOL SO THAT SHE COULD
BECOME QUEEN NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER SCOTT JOHNSON WENT TO
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND
BROUGHT BACK A STORY OF SCANDAL
WITH AN
UNEXPECTED TWIST.
>> THIS TEEN HAS BEEN EXPELLED
FROM SCHOOL HER MOM HAS BEEN
FIRED AND NOW BOTH ARE FACING
SERIOUS CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR AN
ALLEGED SCHEME TO MAKE SURE SHE
WAS
HOMECOMING QUEEN.
>> A FEW MILES NORTH OF SCENE
IN DOWNTOWN PENSACOLA YOU FIND
THE TOWN OF CONTAINMENT
THE HOME OF TATE HIGH SCHOOL
WHAT IS EVERYONE SAYING
ABOUT IT.
>> I LIKE TALKING ABOUT THE
WHOLE SITUATION LIKE HOW CRAZY
IT IS A SCHOOL THAT’S NEVER
SEEN HEADLINES LIKE THESE.
>> THAT PROBABLY DO THAT CAME
OUT OF STATE
SO FAR.
>> IT ALL WENT DOWN LAST
OCTOBER WHEN EMILY GROVER
ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO PULL OFF A
CAPER YOU MAY ONLY HEAR ABOUT
IN A DISNEY TEEN I THINK
HE IS THAT’S WHAT HIGH SCHOOLS
ABOUT GROVER WAS CROWNED
HOMECOMING QUEEN AND THAT’S
WHEN THE PHRASE LOOSE LIPS.
SINK SHIPS BECOMES RELEVANT TO
THIS STORY I DON’T UNDERSTAND
WHY SOMEBODY WOULD.
>> IT’S THEIR CAREER FOR THAT
ON THIS.
>> IN JAIL TO BECAUSE YOU SEE
GROWERS MOM LAURA CARROLL WAS
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT A NEARBY
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH ACCESS
TO DISTRICT STUDENT RECORDS
THAT INCLUDES WHO VOTED FOR
HOMECOMING QUEEN HONESTLY NOW I
CANNOT IMAGINE THAT I CAN’T
IMAGINE SOMEBODY WANTED THAT
BAD.
HERE’S SOME EXCERPTS FROM THE
ARREST WARRANT FOR THE MOTHER
DAUGHTER DUO APPROXIMATELY
117 VOTES ORIGINATED FROM THE
SAME INTERNET PROTOCOL THAT
GOES ON THE 2 WERE INVOLVED IN
POTENTIAL UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS
TO STUDENT FOCUS ACCOUNTS,
CAROL STATED HE PROVIDED HER
DAUGHTER DROVE OR WITH ACCESS
AND THE ALLEGED SCHEME FELL
APART WHEN A SCHOOL OFFICIAL
RECEIVED REPORTS THAT EMILY
GROVER WAS COMMENTING THAT SHE
UTILIZED HER MOTHER’S
FOCUS ACCOUNT TO CAST VOTES
THAT COUNT OR AN OBJECT TO THE
STOP BY THE FAMILY’S HOME
FRIENDLY ENOUGH MAN ANSWERED
AND DIRECTED ME TO THEIR
ATTORNEY EMILY GROVER WAS ONLY
17 AT THE TIME SHE
WAS ARRESTED.
>> BUT SHE’S BEING CHARGED AS
AN ADULT THAT’S BECAUSE JUST
DAYS AFTER HER ARREST, SHE
TURNED 18 HER OWN ATTORNEY
TELLS ME THIS WAS NOT TO GIVE
HER EXTRA PUNISHMENT, IT’S A
PROCEDURAL THING OFTEN
DONE WITH 17 YEAR-OLD WHEN
THEY’RE ARRESTED JUST BEFORE
THEIR 18TH BIRTHDAY IT’S
JUVENILE
TURNS 18.
>> DURING THE PENDENCY OF THE
CASE BEFORE TRIAL MOMENT A
DOLE COURT.
>> I SPOKE WITH THEIR ATTORNEY
RANDY ETHERIDGE BY PHONE SHE’S
ONE OF THE TOP.
THAT FROM THE TOP GRADES AT
TATE HIGH SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY
ABOUT HIS TEENAGE CLIENT ON THE
TOP TENNIS PLAYERS FOR THE TEAM
WAS INVOLVED IN STUDENT
GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION. I PUT
EVERYTHING YOU
COULD DO. THEY’RE AT SCHOOL
BEFORE THAT HAPPENS ON OR HAS
LOST SO MUCH WEIGHT. SHE HAS
BEEN ACCEPTED TO AS
ANOTHER SCHOOL.
THIS OUT OF
THIS JURISDICTION. THIS
INCENSED A HOME AND SCHOOL HERE
LOCALLY YOU CAN IMAGINE THE
SOCIAL STIGMA. THIS TEEN IS
FACING FOR INSTANCE, LOOK AT
WHAT GOT PAST THE SCHOOL’S
YEARBOOK EDITORS THIS PHOTO
THAT’S BEEN CIRCULATING AROUND
THE COMMUNITY OF GROVER WITH
OTHER STUDENTS.
>> THAT’S THE BEHIND OF A HORSE
SOMEONE SUPER IMPOSED OVER
HER FACE.
>> YOU SAY THE FAMILY WAS A
AT THE SPORTS PAGE. AT
THIS POINT. AND SO YOU KNOW HOW
MUCH THEY WANT TO SMEAR THIS.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE
GIRL’S
NAME BUT WHICH SIDE THEY WANT
TO GREAT LENGTHS TRYING TO DO
SO WHAT CAN LEAD A SUCCESSFUL
STUDENT UNDER ADMINISTRATOR
MOM.
>> TO DO THIS. WELL
I THINK.
>> THIS MIGHT BE WHAT WE CALL A
CURE A CLEAR
CASE OF.
>> IN THE DISTANCE FLORIO SACHI
RUNS THE BODY IMAGE COUNSELING
CENTER WHERE YOU HOLD.
>> 2 OPPOSING TROOPS, SEND YOUR
MIND AND IN ORDER TO RECONCILE
THEM. YOU YOU CONVINCE YOURSELF
THAT IT’S RIGHT
AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT PARENTS WANT TO DO IS
PROTECT AND HELP
THEIR CHILDREN. I THINK
ESPECIALLY THIS GENERATION
THERE’S A FEELING THAT THERE’S
SO MUCH COMPETITION NOW
ROVERS QUEST FOR HIGH SCHOOL
GLORY, MAYBE THEY’RE GOING TO
SET AN EXAMPLE THAT ALL COSTING
INTO BEING A TO THE SITUATION
HAS TURNED INTO A HARD LESSON.
>> IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
>> AS FAR AS THAT PHOTO OF HER
IN THE YEARBOOK I SPOKE TO
THEIR ATTORNEY HE SAYS THE
FAMILY IS LOOKING AT TAKING
CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT FOR ALLOWING THAT
PICTURE TO MAKE THE YEARBOOK IN
THE
FIRST PLACE REPORTS FROM LOCAL
MEDIA IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY SAYS
THE YEAR BOOK WAS PRINTED
WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF
DISTRICT OFFICIALS AND THEY ARE