Shortly after midnight, deputies rushed to West Jefferson Middle School to investigate accounts of motor vehicles and furtive flashlights on the school’s running track. In truth, the situation was more silly than sinister. Afflicted by middle-class ennui and hankering for adventure, three bold teens had decided that an after-hours spin around the track in a Toyota 4-Runner would give their Wednesday night meaning. “Plows drive on it,” one young man offered in their defense. Unfortunately, those plows had scraped the entire asphalt track clean with the exception of a single 30-foot stretch – at least 20 feet more than the kids needed to get hopelessly stuck. They immediately summoned a friend with a Dodge Dakota pickup and a tow rope, and the officers surprised them trying to free the 4-Runner. Taking matters in hand, deputies parked the sheepish young men in the back seats of their patrol cars and called Jeffco Schools security and a tow truck. The R-1 security man allowed that, as nothing seemed to be damaged aside from the teens’ street cred, he’d settle for simple trespass charges. For his part, the tow truck driver took one look at the narrow running track and said the young hooligans were on their own. Luckily, the Dakota was up to the job, and the rascals escaped with only chastened pride and third-degree trespassing citations. The officer noted that the four were uniformly cooperative and respectful throughout their ordeal.