Overview
- Large amounts of unredacted American Fork Police Department bodycam and dashcam video surfaced online on Thursday and show Bricks & Minifigs CEO Ammon McNeff accusing Ben “Reckless Ben” Schneider of extortion, collusion and, in one unverified clip, an alleged threat against a manager.
- One clip appears to show franchisee Joshua Johnson asking to see legal papers that an officer then keeps from him, which supporters say could bear on whether service of process was properly completed under state rules.
- Video of Schneider’s arrest was published and shows an officer grabbing his arm while other officers discuss possible usury charges, a matter that has not been independently verified or charged in court.
- BAM Franchising’s lawsuit against Schneider and others, filed in Utah earlier this month and alleging defamation, conspiracy and related claims, remains active and the leaked footage has intensified public and legal scrutiny of both sides.
- The release has raised urgent questions about how the footage was published — users report an ‘Unredacted Body & Dashcam’ folder appeared in the department’s public Dropbox — and it risks exposing private data, prompting calls for an investigation into police record handling and potential evidence contamination while the wider dispute over the value and sale of the Lego collection continues.