False imprisonment occurs when one person unlawfully restricts another's freedom of movement. Illegality of the arrest (false arrest and false imprisonment),45. 3.Victims can pursue legal action against the arresting officer to hold that officer accountable and help prevent the same type of behavior in the future. The defendant filled out an incident report about the assault but did not assist in applying for the arrest warrant. Probable cause is presumed, for purposes of false arrest claim, when a grand jury has handed down an indictment. U.S.C.A. Const.Amend. 4. False arrest, unlawful arrest and wrongful arrest are all proper terms for that set of facts. False arrest and false imprisonment overlap; the former is a species of the latter. "Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a. The legal term for a wrongful arrest is "false arrest.