For example, Florida state law considers it a felony if the false imprisonment involves a minor under 13. If violence or malice is used on a minor, it becomes a first-degree felony with more ...

In California, this act is defined as the unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another, which is known as “false imprisonment” under Penal Code 236-237, and therefore punishable by law.

A Palm Coast man was arrested Sunday after deputies say he assaulted a woman during a domestic dispute and prevented her from ...

One Black Lives Matter protester has been singled out with charges of false imprisonment after he was singled out during a protest in 2021 that blocked traffic on the 101 Freeway in San Luis ...

A Walmart customer was detained after he refused to show receipts for purchases. Walmart couldn't be held liable for false imprisonment, a judge said.

A Pensacola man was sentenced to life in state prison Tuesday for sexual battery and false imprisonment after he held a woman against her will and sexually battered her, according to a release ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — A third employee of G.D. Rogers Garden-Bullock Elementary School has now been arrested in a case involving a seven-year-old non-verbal student being tied to a chair for an hour.

Tim A. Guldan, 60, of Wisconsin Rapids, pleaded not guilty May 2 to being a party to the crime of false imprisonment. Wood County Judge Todd Wolf scheduled Guldan's next appearance for July 25.

A former San Diego County-based U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of sexual misconduct while on duty was ordered Friday to stand trial on sexual battery and false imprisonment charges. Prosecutors ...

In California, this act is defined as the unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another, which is known as “false imprisonment” under Penal Code 236-237, and therefore punishable by law.