[NWFLConservative]

I'm not a loyah, and I did not stay in a Holiday Inn last night, but this sure sounds like kidnapping to me.

Section 787.01 of Florida's Revised Statutes sets forth a basic definition of kidnapping. Specifically, it entails "forcibly, secretly or by threat confining, abducting or imprisoning another person against her or his will and without lawful authority."

And last time I checked our FL laws, kidnapping was a CLASS B (2nd degree) FELONY. It is one thing to have a couple of Bobo's thugs escort him to the gate, another entirely, to lock him in a closet. Suppose, just suppose, this person was prone to extreme anxiety attacks brought on by claustophobia?

What then, Bobo? Are you goin to foot the bill to pay for the ambulance and treatment at the hospital if the guy could not calm down on his own?

[MindBender26]

Works for me!

[Verginius Rufus]

When I served on a jury we had a case against a man who had robbed a liquor store. Because he had forced a store employee and a customer at gunpoint to go to a storage area, he was also accused of kidnapping.

[Cboldt]

-- What then, Bobo? Are you goin to foot the bill to pay for the ambulance and treatment at the hospital if the guy could not calm down on his own? --

FWIW, the criminal and civil causes of action, and the remedies, are separable. See OJ Simpson for an example where he wasn't convicted of the criminal charge of murder, but lost his civil case for wrongful death.

The reporter is free to file a civil action for false imprisonment, even if the DA takes no action relating to the criminal code. The civil action can also proceed if there is a criminal charge of kidnapping. The dude can demand money from his captors.