Charlie Catches a Leprechaun
Criminal Activities
Assault and Battery
Intentionally causing or threatening bodily harm to another person (assault) and/or causing harmful or offensive physical contact (battery) under U.S. state law.
Situation:
"The gang uses threats and physical force (threats to 'sock' patrons, use of a hose to coerce the detained man, rough handling and tying) during both the confinement of patrons in the wagon and the interrogation/torture of the captured little person."
False Imprisonment
False imprisonment is the unlawful restraint of a person's freedom of movement without their consent or legal authority to do so. It includes confinement in a locked room or other space when the confined person cannot leave.
Situation:
"Charlie captures a small man he believes to be a leprechaun and confines him in the bar basement (glue-trap, tied to a chair). Charlie and others threaten and physically mistreat him (hose, rough interrogation, tying, threats to cut him up), constituting assault while the person is unlawfully restrained."
Kidnapping
Unlawful restraint or confinement of a person and transporting them against their will; moving an incapacitated person across jurisdictions can constitute kidnapping/false imprisonment under U.S. law.
Situation:
"Dennis and the gang lock multiple patrons inside the converted 'Paddy's Wagon', refuse to let them leave when they ask, and explicitly tell them they will not be allowed out unless they comply with demands (including surrendering IDs/wallets)."
Possession of Stolen Property
Knowingly receiving, retaining, or possessing property that has been stolen, a crime under U.S. state law.
Situation:
"After collecting a bag of wallets and phones (some taken from patrons by force/coercion and/or found hidden by the pickpocket), the group discusses and effectively keeps the wallets and phones rather than returning them to the rightful owners."
Robbery
Taking or exercising control over another person's property by force, threat, or intimidation (robbery/extortion/theft under U.S. state criminal law); possession/retention of stolen property.
Situation:
"While holding patrons captive in the wagon, the group demands wallets, phones, and IDs, threatens withholding return and contacting police, and later decides to keep the collected wallets/phones rather than returning them — i.e., they seizes victims' property by coercion and retain stolen property."