Mini-Riot At Germaine Lawrence School In This Arlington Crime Log

Crime Log: Saturday, May 30

• Laptop Stolen From a Car, Maynard Street, 11 a.m.

An individual reported that someone broke into his car and apparently pilfered his work laptop.

Another resident of the building reported that their car had been broken into. Neither were certain if their cars were locked at the time, and the victim whose laptop was stolen plans to ask his company’s IT department if the device has a GPS that could help recover it.

• eBay Scam Reported, Exeter Street, 10:52 a.m.

An Arlington resident claims he sold a MacBook Pro on eBay, but the buyer canceled payment - a total of $340 - after he had already sent her computer. Several attempt to contact the buyer for payment proved unsuccessful, and he filed a complaint with eBay.

• Car Strikes Pedestrian Jogger, 12:10 p.m., Bagels By Us/787 Mass Ave.

A gentleman attempted to cross Massachusetts Avenue by running between two unmoving cars in the right lane, and was struck by a vehicle in the left lane. He was taken to the hospital for various injuries.

• Driver Hits Parked Car, 3:23 p.m., Drake Road and Massachusetts Avenue

A driver traveling west on Massachusetts Avenue slammed into a legally parked car while traveling, he said, about 20 miles per hour. At first he said he was distracted by something caught in his eye, then he said he fell asleep at the wheel. Officers checked the driver’s cell phone to see if any texts had been recently sent, but the latest message was timed an hour before the crash.

• Truck narrowly avoids crushing Uber Cab, 4:07 p.m., Town Hall/730 Mass Ave.

As a woman exited an Uber cab via the driver’s side door, a passing white truck grazed said door without stopping. As a result, the door was left scraped, a piece of trim was blasted off, and the door’s hinge was dented. The driver and other passenger note that a handful of other cars passed the door while it was open without doing any damage.

• Minor Riot at the Germaine Lawrence Campus, 11 Hillside Ave., 8:55 p.m.

Approximately 25 students were allegedly causing a disturbance at the Germaine Lawrence campus, and refused to return to their dorms as requested. Staff was reluctant to do anything about the situation, according to police. Police say a metal coffee mug and a broom were both thrown in their general direction by the misbehaving students.

The students eventually calmed down and went back inside, at which point staff explained that the situation began with a student threw a rock through a window.