It is the charging-context document that connects the March 10 incident report to the arrest and booking record.
Document typeProbable cause statement
DateMarch 2026
SourceUtah County / American Fork Police
People / entitiesBenjamin Paul Schneider / Reckless Ben
Pages2 pages
Original fileAmerican-Fork-Police-26AF02033-Probable-Cause-Statement.pdf
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COUNTY OF UTAH, STATE OF UTAH
State of Utah
VS,
SCHNEIDER, BENJAMIN PAUL Affidavit of Probable Cause
5013 1/2 MARATHON ST LOS ANGELES, CA 90029
Arrestee
On [date redacted] 17:21 the defendant was arrested for the offense(s) of:
Offense Date Offense Description Enhancement Statute Severity Court
1 [date redacted] STALKING 76-5-106.5(2)+(3AD) MA DST
2 [date redacted] TARGETED RESIDENTIAL PICKETING 76-9109 MB DST
I believe there is probable cause to charge the defendant with these charges because:
On 03/10/26, the victim reported that a woman was taking photos of the front of his residence in American Fork.
I spoke with the victim by phone. He reported that Ben Schneider was stalking his house. The victim said people were coming up to :
his windows and taking pictures, which scared his wife and children, |
The victim reported that the suspects were currently parked in front of and beside his house with two cars. He said that every day,
the suspects arrive with two cars full of kids to stalk his house and harass his family.
T arrived at the victim's residence and observed a vehicle parked on the street next to the residence. A woman was in the driver's
seat and a man, later identified as Benjamin Paul Schneider, was in the passenger seat. I asked Benjamin if they had been knocking :
on the residence, Benjamin replied no and told me that they were trying to serve the victim legal papers. The victim's doorbell i
camera shows the female coming up to his front door. :
T asked Benjamin who they worked for. He told me that he worked for himself and that the woman was there to serve the victim i
papers. !
The victim explained that he works for a company that recovered property from a franchise location in Oregon, He said a thitd-party
involved in the franchise was trying to hold him responsible for property at that location. The victim reported that the third party hired
Benjamin, a YouTuber, to harass him and others involved,
The victim said that other parties in Provo and Sandy had cases open against Benjamin for harassment and stalking. I verified this |
with the Sandy Police Department, who confirmed they were screening charges against Benjamin. i
The victim said that for the last three days, he has called the police daily because peaple were taking photos of his house and trying :
to open his door. He added that on Sunday, an individual pretending to be a postal worker carne to his house to deliver a package
and tried to get his signature. /
The victim said that Benjamin had previously been trespassed from his property, so Benjamin now has other people come to the :
residence and knock on his behalf.
1 explained to the victim that the individuals were trying to serve him civil papers. The victim responded that he did not want them
because he believed they were fake. I spoke in more detail with the victim and the victim's boss who hoth reiterated that there were :
no court cases open involving the victim or the company the victim worked for.
Officers found a sign in the park strip across the street from the victim's residence. The sign showed an image of the victim holding :
money, with the statement, �I stole a dying man�s life savings.� I asked Benjamin if he put up the sign. He replied yes and said that
the sign was intended to get the victim to come outside. :
Benjamin said that the victim stole $250,000 worth of products from the third-party individual, and that the third-party�s family
contacted him to cover the story. Benjamin stated that he sued the victim and won, but the victim closed the store to avoid paying. As
a result, Benjamin said he was now suing the victim personally.
Benjamin said that over the past few days, he came to have a good faith conversation before suing the victim. Instead of speaking
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house and serve him papers.
T explained to Benjamin that this approach was not working and that he needed to contact the court regarding other means of
serving the victim with paperwork, He responded that it was working and had always worked before,
Officers responded to the victim's residence on two prior occasions involving individuals delivering packages on Benjamin's behalf. In
one incident, a person hired by Benjamin went to the victim's residence and recorded him from outside. On another incident,
Benjamin told officers that he intended to use the victim's signature to forge a document preventing the victim from trespassing him
from his residence.
I spoke with an officer at the Sandy Police Department, who reported similar incidents involving Benjamin and individuals delivering
packages to a victim in Sandy and that they were screening charges against Benjamin. The Provo Police Department is referring
charges for commercial obstruction against Benjamin regarding an incident in February.
Because Benjamin was trespassed from the residence, returned, parked outside, had multiple people knock on the door, park
outside, photograph the residence, deliver packages, and post signs with the victim�s face outside the home, I believe there is
probable cause to charge him with stalking.
I performed a Utah Criminal History and Triple III Criminal History check on Benjamin Pau! Schnieder and found no previous arrests
or convictions,
Benjamin Paul Schnieder lives in California. 1 am requesting that he be held until his court date, as he poses a flight risk and has
multiple open cases in two different counties involving harassment, stalking and commercial obstruction.
Due to the evidence in this case, ] am charging Benjamin Paul Schnieder with the following offenses: :
76-5-106.5(2)+(3Al): Stalking (MA)
76-9-109: Targeted Residential Picketing (MB)
By submitting this affidavit, I declare under criminal penalty of the State of Utah that the foregoing is true and correct. ;
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Officer Name: AFMVALAD - MCKAY VALADEZ Probable Cause Entered: [date redacted] 20:29
A sworn officer with: UT0250100 - American Fork PD Probable Cause ID: 193261 :
Agency Case 26AF02033 Suggested Bail Amount:
SUBMISSION IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION !
Booking Agency: Utah County Sheriff Office Booking Agency ORT: UT0250000
Agency Inmate ID: 466905 SID: OTN: 70143326
Arrest Date/Time: [date redacted] 17:21 FBI ID: !