Public Assistance Requested: The Blaine County Sheriff’s Office Investigation Team is asking for the public’s help in identifying the individual on the lower right side of this video who is a person of interest in two ongoing arson investigations that occurred on June 30, 2023, at The Gold Mine Thrift Shop and a real estate office on Second Avenue, in Ketchum, Idaho.
This person of interest has a thick foreign accent, is believed to have frequented multiple bars in Ketchum that night, and may be going by the name or nickname of “Benny.” If you recognize this individual, have any information, video, or know of his whereabouts, please contact our Lt. Mike Abaid at (208) 578-3371.
Ketchum residents who live in the vicinity of these businesses are encouraged to check their home surveillance video for footage of this individual.