Man seeks $25 million in damages after false kidnapping accusation at Walmart

ACWORTH, Ga. — A man falsely accused of attempting to kidnap a young girl inside a Walmart is now seeking damages from the City of Acworth.

Mahendra Patel was arrested in March after a woman named Caroline Miller filed a police report alleging he tried to take her 2-year-old child while she was shopping at a Walmart on Cobb Parkway.

Patel was incarcerated in the Cobb County Detention Center for 46 days before he was released on bond…

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