In New York, a private person or a police officer commits the tort of false imprisonment or false arrest when they detain someone without legal authority. The complaint charges them with false arrest, false imprisonment, and illegally strip searching the plaintiff.False arrest, a term often used interchangeably with wrongful arrest, can lead to an additional charge of false imprisonment. The plaintiff's claim in a warrantless false arrest lawsuit arose from a sheriff s deputy s visit to her house to check on the welfare of her daughter. 3. False imprisonment. Pleading. Justifiable arrest may be made under the general issue. False arrests can manifest in various forms, such as wrongful detention, false imprisonment, or malicious prosecution. The PC affidavit is a summary of the evidence and circumstances of the arrest. Gershkovich is slated to remain in a Moscow prison in pre-trial detention until at least Aug. 30. Each district attorney shall represent the State in all criminal cases in the district courts of his district and in appeals therefrom.