All charges have been dropped against a man accused of attempted kidnapping in an Acworth Walmart. The Cobb County District ...

Charges have been dropped against a man accused of attempting to kidnap a 2-year-old boy at a Walmart in Georgia. Mahendra ...

Mahendra Patel, an Indian-origin man from Georgia, was cleared of attempted kidnapping charges after spending 45 days in jail ...

Mahendra Patel, a 57-year-old real estate investor and father of two, spent more than six weeks behind bars after his controversial March 22 arrest.

Cobb County prosecutors on Wednesday agreed to drop criminal charges against a Walmart shopper accused of trying to snatch a 2-year-old boy from his mother inside the busy store.

Mahendra Patel, 57, faced charges of attempted kidnapping, assault and battery. The charges were dropped during a hearing on Wednesday.

The incident happened March 18 at a Walmart in the Cobb County city of Acworth, roughly 30 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta, Acworth police said. The security camera footage shows Patel entering ...

Mahendra Patel, 57, appears for his bond hearing at Cobb County Superior Court in Marietta, Georgia, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. - Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Charges have been dropped against a man accused of trying to kidnap a child at a Walmart in Acworth.

COBB COUNTY, GA — The Cobb County man accused of trying to kidnap a toddler from a Walmart in March walks free after ...