False arrest or seizure

14 V.I.C. § 222 — under Arrests, Searches, and Seizures.

14 V.I.C. § 222

(1) Whoever, being a public officer, under pretense or color of any process or other legal authority—(1) arrests any person or detains him against his will;(2) seizes or levies upon any property; or(3) dispossesses any one of any lands or property—without a regular process or other lawful authority therefor, shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.

(1) arrests any person or detains him against his will;

(2) seizes or levies upon any property; or

(3) dispossesses any one of any lands or property—

without a regular process or other lawful authority therefor, shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.