Jim became an investigator for the City of Lawton in the year 2001 where his primary focus was arson. He was required to sift through the remains of many structures to determine the origin and cause of many fires, some accidental and some criminal. His ability to determine the cause of a fire and follow through with the required documentation earned him the coveted Arson Investigator of the Year Award for Oklahoma and a short time later…the International Arson Investigator of the Year Award.

Jim has won many other awards while serving with the City of Lawton as well as serving his country 22 years prior as an artilleryman, a VIP crew-chief on the UH-1 helicopter, a Scout pilot for the 6th Air Combat Brigade, and a Training and Advising Officer for the Ft Rucker Warrant Officer Candidate School training pilots for service in the US Army. Truly an odd combination of skills for a man to eventually discover the secret for understanding such an enigmatic document as the Copper Scroll, none-the-less he has done it.

Jim has 4 children, Jimmy II, Shawn, Michael, and Heather his only daughter. He has one son-in-law Gerry, and two daughters-in-law Melanie and Violet. In addition, he has nine grandchildren, Seth, Jubilee, Gabriel, Tamar, Josiah, Netzer, Nathan, Zackaryah, and Shechem. All of which are the love of his life.

He and his wife Laurie have been married for the last 30 years. They have lived in several locations because of their connection with the Army, Ft. Sill Oklahoma, Ft. Rucker Alabama, Ft. Hood Texas, and Ft. Hunter Ligget California.

One can readily see that Jim has no real qualifications for the discovery that he has made. Truthfully, Jim will tell you himself that there have been a number of unusual and even miraculous events that have made it possible for him to have reached the level of success that he has enjoyed while dealing with the challenges of uncovering and eventually returning the treasures of the Copper Scroll to their rightful owners…the Nation of Israel.

The ruins of a burned structure tell a tale, and reveal secrets that will send a person to prison for many years; just as the treasures of the Copper Scroll have been held captive in a lonely desert location for centuries. In a polar opposite move, Jim’s skills may soon set those treasures free for the first time since the destruction of the Temple of Solomon. Oddly enough the beginning line of the scroll reads like this, “Under the ruins in the Valley of Acor.” Now we all wait for the day that Jim will be allowed to sift through those ruins to solve his greatest case…the mystery of the Copper Scroll.