Florida teen arrested for allegedly hacking homecoming vote sues school and police

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Florida teen who was arrested for allegedly hacking her high school’s homecoming queen vote is suing school officials and state police. In March 2021, the two were arrested after the FDLE obtained evidence it said showed that hundreds of votes in the school’s homecoming contest were falsely entered using student information obtained from a database which Ms Grover’s mother, a vice-principal in the school district, had access to. “I have known that Emily Grover logs into her moms account to access grades and test scores since freshman year when we became friends,” one teen told law enforcement. “Emily and I were sitting at a table with her mom when all of this happened, and Emily said, ‘It would be my luck if someone hacked the system and voted for me and got me disqualified when I have nothing to do with it,’” the teen said, adding, “Whenever I got to Emily’s house, she was having a freakout, saying she thought that maybe somebody had done it for her.” Ms Grover told The Daily Beast last year she felt she had been the victim of wider social dynamics at the school, after arriving in a new area and becoming popular provoked resentment against her.