Acworth, GA, October 1, 2025: Mahendra “Mick” Patel, a Kennesaw resident, has filed a formal ante litem notice through his legal counsel The Merchant Law Firm, seeking $25 million in damages from the City of Acworth. The notice says Patel was falsely arrested, wrongfully jailed for 46 days, and maliciously prosecuted after being accused of trying to kidnap a child at a Walmart store in March 2025 — charges that were later dropped.
According to the notice, Patel went to the Walmart Supercenter on Cobb Parkway on March 18, 2025 to buy Tylenol for his elderly mother. There, he briefly interacted with a woman, Caroline Miller, who was riding a motorized cart with her two children. Patel says he thought she was disabled and tried to help her steady a child she was holding. He insists the contact was brief and harmless.
Miller, however, later told police that Patel tried to “snatch her baby.” The incident led to a kidnapping charge by the Acworth Police Department (APD). Patel was arrested on March 21 by a Cobb County officer based on a warrant obtained with what his attorney calls false or misleading information from an APD detective…