{"id":5439,"date":"2026-08-01T23:39:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T23:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439"},"modified":"2026-08-01T23:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T23:39:19","slug":"gop-lawmaker-jailed-on-suspicion-of-false-imprisonment-and-battery-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439","title":{"rendered":"GOP lawmaker jailed \u2018on suspicion\u2019 of false imprisonment and battery: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A Republican state lawmaker from Arkansas was jailed Saturday \u201con suspicion\u201d of false imprisonment, domestic battery and aggravated assault, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette <u>reported<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5438\">\u2018You\u2019re trolling\u2019: MS NOW host in disbelief at astounding James Carville Trump prediction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arkansas state GOP Rep. A Republican state lawmaker from Arkansas was jailed Saturday \u201con suspicion\u201d of false imprisonment, domestic battery and aggravated assault, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette <u>reported<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>Arkansas state GOP Rep. Austin McCollum was booked early Saturday morning at the Benton County Jail, and by Saturday evening, was facing a wave of calls from members of his own party to step down from his seat. McCollum is also a candidate for a county judge race, and faced calls to suspend his campaign as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe allegations against Representative McCollum are appalling, and I\u2019m praying for his wife and children,\u201d said Arkansas GOP Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, according to the Gazette. \u201cI absolutely condemn violence of any form, and if these credible, sickening allegations are accurate, I call on him to immediately resign his office and drop out of the race for county judge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement has yet to file official criminal charges against McCollum, who is being held with no bond as of Saturday pending a bond hearing, the Gazette reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDomestic violence is a serious offense that shatters families, harms victims, and erodes the trust that public servants are expected to uphold,\u201d said Arkansas GOP House Speaker Brian Evans, per the Gazette.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5436\">Fox host goes nuclear on GOP lawmaker in MAGA immigration spat: \u2018I deeply resent that!\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery allegation of abuse must be treated with the seriousness it deserves. I am praying for everyone affected by these events, especially the family involved, and that justice will be determined through the legal process.\u201d was booked early Saturday morning at the Benton County Jail, and by Saturday evening, was facing a wave of calls from members of his own party to step down from his seat. McCollum is also a candidate for a county judge race, and faced calls to suspend his campaign as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe allegations against Representative McCollum are appalling, and I\u2019m praying for his wife and children,\u201d said Arkansas GOP Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, according to the Gazette. \u201cI absolutely condemn violence of any form, and if these credible, sickening allegations are accurate, I call on him to immediately resign his office and drop out of the race for county judge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement has yet to file official criminal charges against McCollum, who is being held with no bond as of Saturday pending a bond hearing, the Gazette reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDomestic violence is a serious offense that shatters families, harms victims, and erodes the trust that public servants are expected to uphold,\u201d said Arkansas GOP House Speaker Brian Evans, per the Gazette. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery allegation of abuse must be treated with the seriousness it deserves. I am praying for everyone affected by these events, especially the family involved, and that justice will be determined through the legal process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5434\">\u2018Brazen and illegal\u2019: Trump DOJ stuns with \u2018chilling\u2019 subpoena<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Republican state lawmaker from Arkansas was jailed Saturday \u201con suspicion\u201d of false imprisonment, domestic battery and aggravated assault, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported.Arkansas state GOP Rep. A Republican state lawmaker from Arkansas was jailed Saturday \u201con suspicion\u201d of false &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GOP lawmaker jailed \u2018on suspicion\u2019 of false imprisonment and battery: report - Property Relocation USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GOP lawmaker jailed \u2018on suspicion\u2019 of false imprisonment and battery: report - Property Relocation USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Republican state lawmaker from Arkansas was jailed Saturday \u201con suspicion\u201d of false imprisonment, domestic battery and aggravated assault, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported.Arkansas state GOP Rep. A Republican state lawmaker from Arkansas was jailed Saturday \u201con suspicion\u201d of false ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Property Relocation USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-01T23:39:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/?p=5439#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/?p=5439\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3532c0f2bf23909f000df694ed25b25b\"},\"headline\":\"GOP lawmaker jailed \u2018on suspicion\u2019 of false imprisonment and battery: report\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-01T23:39:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/?p=5439\"},\"wordCount\":527,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/?p=5439#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/2d8acaa284711e5f9a8d5ade29b53e2c.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/?p=5439#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/?p=5439\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/?p=5439\",\"name\":\"GOP lawmaker jailed \u2018on suspicion\u2019 of false imprisonment and battery: report - Property Relocation USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/?p=5439#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/?p=5439#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/2d8acaa284711e5f9a8d5ade29b53e2c.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-01T23:39:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3532c0f2bf23909f000df694ed25b25b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/?p=5439#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/?p=5439\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/?p=5439#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/2d8acaa284711e5f9a8d5ade29b53e2c.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/2d8acaa284711e5f9a8d5ade29b53e2c.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/?p=5439#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"GOP lawmaker jailed \u2018on suspicion\u2019 of false imprisonment and battery: report\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Property Relocation USA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3532c0f2bf23909f000df694ed25b25b\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propertyrelocationusa.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"GOP lawmaker jailed \u2018on suspicion\u2019 of false imprisonment and battery: report - Property Relocation USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"GOP lawmaker jailed \u2018on suspicion\u2019 of false imprisonment and battery: report - Property Relocation USA","og_description":"A Republican state lawmaker from Arkansas was jailed Saturday \u201con suspicion\u201d of false imprisonment, domestic battery and aggravated assault, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported.Arkansas state GOP Rep. A Republican state lawmaker from Arkansas was jailed Saturday \u201con suspicion\u201d of false ...","og_url":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439","og_site_name":"Property Relocation USA","article_published_time":"2026-08-01T23:39:19+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3532c0f2bf23909f000df694ed25b25b"},"headline":"GOP lawmaker jailed \u2018on suspicion\u2019 of false imprisonment and battery: report","datePublished":"2026-08-01T23:39:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439"},"wordCount":527,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2d8acaa284711e5f9a8d5ade29b53e2c.webp","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439","url":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439","name":"GOP lawmaker jailed \u2018on suspicion\u2019 of false imprisonment and battery: report - Property Relocation USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2d8acaa284711e5f9a8d5ade29b53e2c.webp","datePublished":"2026-08-01T23:39:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3532c0f2bf23909f000df694ed25b25b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2d8acaa284711e5f9a8d5ade29b53e2c.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2d8acaa284711e5f9a8d5ade29b53e2c.webp","width":1200,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=5439#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"GOP lawmaker jailed \u2018on suspicion\u2019 of false imprisonment and battery: report"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/","name":"Property Relocation USA","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3532c0f2bf23909f000df694ed25b25b","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com"],"url":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}