MARIETTA, Ga. — Mahendra Patel, a 57-year-old Georgia man facing charges of attempted kidnapping at an Atlanta-area Walmart, has been released on bond after spending six weeks in jail.
A superior court judge of the Cobb County Judicial Circuit set the bond at $10,000 Tuesday morning. Patel was accused in March of ripping a 2-year-old away from his mother, 26-year-old Caroline Miller. He was charged with criminal attempt to commit kidnapping, assault and battery, according to court documents.
Miller told local television station WSB-TV Atlanta that she and Patel were “tug of warring” with the child. However, surveillance footage released in April contradicts Miller’s account, Patel’s attorney Ashleigh Merchant said…