A 13-year-old Long Beach girl was arrested last week after she allegedly took part in a viral social media prank called the “Chromebook Challenge.”
The middle schooler from Lindsay Academy is accused of arson after she purposely short circuited her Long Beach Unified School District Chromebook by shoving a foreign object into the USB port of the laptop. In some cases, this has caused the computer to catch fire, including the one that led to the girl’s arrest on May 8.
“The student was arrested for arson, and the incident is under investigation. No one was hurt, and the damage was isolated to the Chromebook,” said a statement from an LBUSD spokesperson…