FOX 10 says Samuel Schnee was arrested Nov. 6 after a Lake Pleasant bonfire explosion. azfamily says Samuel Wolf Schnee, and a judge found probable cause.

Samuel Schnee, and Samuel Wolf Schnee, are not the same name line. Multiple aggravated assault and endangerment charges, and three counts and seven counts, are not the same list. An object, a car shock, a vehicle shock, a car part, and an old shock or strut, are not the same thing. A finding of probable cause is not a conviction.

FOX 10, by Sara Filips and FOX 10 Staff, published November 7, 2026, at 7:59 p.m. MST, reported that an arrest was made after a bonfire explosion at Lake Pleasant sent a 16-year-old girl to the ICU unit the night before Halloween, Phoenix Police said. The dateline is LAKE PLEASANT, Ariz. The brief says a 16-year-old girl was hospitalized in an intensive care unit with severe facial fractures and burns after an object thrown into a bonfire exploded near Lake Pleasant, and that Phoenix police arrested 24-year-old Samuel Schnee on felony charges, including multiple counts of aggravated assault and endangerment. Phoenix police, in that brief, and Phoenix Police, in the lede and on the quotation, are not the same capitalization. An intensive care unit, and the ICU unit, are not the same phrase. The body says that at around 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 30 the 16-year-old was seriously hurt and found with significant facial injuries following an explosion near a bonfire in the area of 67th Avenue and North New River Road. It says she was taken to the hospital and is now being treated at the Arizona Burn Center in Phoenix, and that several others were treated for minor injuries. Significant facial injuries, and severe facial fractures and burns, are not the same injury line. The Arizona Burn Center, and an intensive care unit, are not the same place. On Nov. 6, the body says, Schnee was found and taken into custody on several felonies, including multiple aggravated assault and endangerment charges. Felony charges, including multiple counts, and several felonies, including multiple charges, are not the same sentence. azfamily, by Brian Petersheim Jr., published Nov. 7, 2026, at 4:59 p.m. MST, carries an update line that read 3 hours ago and did not print a clock. The dateline is PHOENIX (AZFamily). It reported an Eagle Scout arrested in connection with a Halloween bonfire explosion that seriously injured a Peoria teenager has been released on bond, according to booking records. It says police believe Samuel Wolf Schnee, 24, threw a car part into a fire at an Oct. 30 Halloween party in the desert. The headline says seriously injured. The page address says seriously-burned. Seriously injured, and seriously-burned, are not the same words. Samuel Schnee, and Samuel Wolf Schnee, are not the same name line. Near Lake Pleasant, and a Halloween party in the desert, are not the same place line. The night before Halloween, and a Halloween party, are not the same label for Oct. 30. Peoria is on azfamily. It is not on FOX 10. 10:30 p.m., Nov. 6, the Arizona Burn Center, and an intensive care unit are on FOX 10. They are not on azfamily. Court records, azfamily says, show he was booked on three counts of aggravated assault and seven counts of endangerment, and that he was released after posting bond. Three counts, and seven counts, and multiple counts, are not the same list. Several others treated for minor injuries, on FOX 10, and seven counts of endangerment, on azfamily, are not the same count of people.

The hearing is on azfamily. It is not on FOX 10. azfamily reported Schnee appeared in court early Saturday morning with his attorney, Jerald Schreck. It does not print a clock for that morning, and it does not name the judge. Schreck argued that the state could not reasonably identify Schnee as the person who threw the item because it lacked identification. He also said it had not been confirmed which item caused the explosion and injuries. Schreck ultimately asked the court not to find probable cause. State prosecutor Dawn Sauer called Schnee's alleged actions "extremely reckless," and said Schnee admitted to throwing an old shock or strut into the fire. "He claimed that he had drilled holes to release the harmful chemicals, but thus he knew there were harmful chemicals inside," she said. The judge denied Schreck's request and found probable cause. "There are at least two or three witnesses that do identify the defendant [Schnee] as placing a shock in the fire," the judge said. The brackets around the name are on the page. At least two or three is the judge's count. It is not a list of named witnesses. The judge said proximate cause, a legal question of whether Schnee's actions directly led to the injuries, would be an issue for trial. Schreck then asked the judge to release Schnee on his own recognizance. Sauer requested a $75,000 bond. "He's not a danger to the community, because he's been an Eagle Scout, he's been a lifeguard helping people, he's been prosocial, he has no criminal history, he's not a flight risk because his family's here," Schreck said. Eagle Scout is the headline, the opening, and that sentence to the judge. A lifeguard, the word prosocial, and no criminal history are in the lawyer's sentence. They are not a separate police biography on the page. The judge acknowledged that Schnee posed a danger to others at the time of the incident but said she did not believe he poses a danger now and set a bond at $25,000. Court records show Schnee later posted it. Released after posting bond, in the opening, and later posted it, after the $25,000 order, are not the same sentence. His own recognizance, and $75,000, and $25,000, are not the same request. FOX 10 does not print a bond, a judge, a prosecutor, a lawyer, or a hearing.

What was thrown is not one word. Phoenix Police said a large group of juveniles and young adults had gathered around a bonfire near West Saddle Mountain Road and North New River Road when an individual allegedly threw an object into the fire, and that approximately three to five minutes later the object exploded, causing the victim's injuries and minor injuries to several others. The juveniles in that sentence are not named. 67th Avenue and North New River Road, and West Saddle Mountain Road and North New River Road, are not the same intersection, and both are on FOX 10. azfamily prints neither street. Three to five minutes is on FOX 10. It is not on azfamily. A line on the FOX 10 page, under a Featured label, says a car shock tossed into a bonfire exploded, breaking her jaw and cheekbones. The sister's account in the story says a vehicle shock was thrown into the flames and that when it blew up it hit the teen in the jaw. Sauer said an old shock or strut. The judge's quotation says a shock. azfamily says police believe he threw a car part. An object, a car shock, a vehicle shock, a shock, an old shock or strut, and a car part, are not the same thing. Allegedly, police believe, and admitted, in Sauer's account of what he said, are not the same word. The victim's sister, Rilyne Penberthy, confirmed the arrest of Schnee to FOX 10. "It wasn't just the only car part," she said. "They found other car parts inside the fire, but that's the only one that exploded that we know of." According to the sister, the teen also broke her upper and lower jaw, both her cheekbones, and fractured her nose. She also reportedly suffered burns on her leg and behind. Upper and lower jaw, both cheekbones, and a fractured nose, and severe facial fractures and burns, and breaking her jaw and cheekbones, are not the same injury list. Burns on her leg and behind are the sister's account on FOX 10. They are not in the brief, and they are not on azfamily. azfamily does not print a sister, a jaw, a cheekbone, a nose, or the Arizona Burn Center. "There are a few kids that picked her up, put her in the truck, and he's the one that called police and brought her to the gas station and made sure she was safe until ambulance got there and brought her to the hospital," Rilyne said. Those kids are not named. FOX 10 says the family set up a GoFundMe to raise money for expenses and that the teen's family asked anyone with additional information to come forward. The featured line says loved ones are raising money for care. azfamily says a GoFundMe has been set up to help with the teen's medical expenses. Expenses, care, and medical expenses, are not the same words. A charge is not a conviction. A finding of probable cause is not a conviction. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.