21 Quotes by Jim Shires

We have gotten some information from a person that may have witnessed something, and we have contacted three or four people of interest. There have been no arrests.

The recent rain that?s come in the middle of the night, or even the snowfall last week, might be misleading. People think there's some moisture, so that should minimize the fire danger. We want to prepare our citizens and visitors to Jefferson County for the potential fire dangers.

There have been no new developments. Many people have been talked to and interviewed but no one has been arrested and named as a suspect.

The siding of the cabin was metal and . . . they would light the stick on fire and use the blackened portion of it to write their names with. And, as they were doing that, burning embers would fall onto the grassy area. That's how we feel the fire started.

It's very difficult to isolate exactly the hours spent on the investigation.

It's cold and there's a fire. It doesn't make any sense.

It's not breaking in if they have the keys. It's difficult to say whether someone is a victim of these people. Somebody goes into someplace and steals a small item and it's not noticed for a couple of weeks.

Anytime that an arrest is not eminent after a crime is committed, it becomes more and more challenging for investigators.

In the back seat, we found items that had been taken from a courier truck stolen in Denver on March 6.