ACWORTH, Ga. — A Cobb County man remains in jail without bond after being accused of trying to kidnap a child inside a Walmart. But his attorney says surveillance video tells a very different story.
Mahendra Patel was arrested after a mother claimed he tried to take her child while she was shopping at the Walmart in Acworth. Patel’s attorney, Ashleigh Merchant, said her client was simply looking for a specific type of Tylenol for his elderly mother and tried to help when he thought a child was falling.
The video, which was shared and edited by Merchant, shows Patel walking through the store, speaking with employees, and briefly interacting with the woman and her two children…