Cobb County community leaders demand charges be dropped against accused Walmart kidnapper

  • The Cobb County Democratic Party is joining growing calls for Mehandra Patel to be released. They’re demanding the Cobb County District Attorney Sonya Allen release Patel and drop all charges against him.
  • Acworth Police arrested Patel in March and charged him with attempted kidnapping after a mother claimed he tried to snatch her toddler from her arms in Walmart before fleeing the scene. But video evidence released by his attorney seems to contradict that account.
  • The Cobb County District Attorney’s Office told FOX 5 in a statement that they wouldn’t be moving forward with the case if there wasn’t a “sound, legal basis” and that the evidence would be “appropriately addressed” at a bond hearing Tuesday.

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