false imprisonment

Seven pro-Palestinian protesters were convicted of misdemeanor charges including false imprisonment and obstruction after blocking traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge during a 2024 protest. They face up to five years in county jail and will be sentenced in August, with the jury deadlocked on a felony conspiracy charge.

Seven pro-Palestinian protesters who shut down the Golden Gate Bridge in 2024 to denounce U.S. aid to Israel during the Israel-Hamas war were convicted of false imprisonment and unlawful assembly by a San Francisco jury. The protesters chained themselves together and to cars during the incident.

Seven pro-Palestinian protesters were found guilty of false imprisonment after shutting down traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge in 2024 to denounce U.S. aid to Israel during the Israel-Hamas war. The jury deadlocked on a felony charge.

A driver held several teens at gunpoint in Port St. Lucie after they fired Orbeez pellets at his car, mistaking it for a friend. Police arrested a 15-year-old for shooting into an unoccupied vehicle and the driver, Gregory Davis, for aggravated assault and false imprisonment.

A 19-year-old Fresno woman pleaded no contest to false imprisonment after prosecutors stated she kidnapped a 14-year-old girl from Daly City and took her to Oakland for prostitution. She was initially charged with human trafficking of a minor for a sex act.

Seven protesters decrying the war in Gaza could face up to 15 years in prison for delaying traffic for hours. The case raises questions about whether their actions constitute false imprisonment or a legal protest.

A 15-year-old accused of gang raping a 12-year-old girl in Overtown was denied bond. Xavier Tyson faces three felony charges, including sexual battery and false imprisonment, and is held at Metrowest Detention Center with a co-defendant. Detectives say the suspects pinned the victim down, filled her mouth with rocks, and assaulted her in June 2025.

Maximo Vasquez Jr., a Miami firefighter, has been arrested for domestic violence charges including assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery, and false imprisonment. This is his second arrest in under a year, following an August confrontation with Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies during a 911 call about a missing wife.

A 15-year-old has been arrested and charged with sexual battery and false imprisonment in connection to a 2025 kidnapping and assault of a girl in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood. The suspect, Xavier Tyson, is being held without bond and faces three felony charges, with an arraignment scheduled for Wednesday. Detectives reported that a group of boys assaulted the victim in June 2025, with Tyson allegedly restraining her and pulling down her shirt.