Charges have been dropped against a man accused of attempting to kidnap a 2-year-old boy at a Walmart in Georgia. Mahendra ...

Charges have been dismissed against a man who was facing attempted kidnapping and other charges after a mother accused him of ...

Mahendra Patel was arrested in March after a mother claimed he tried to take her 2-year-old child while she was shopping at the Walmart off Cobb Parkway.

All charges have been dropped against a man accused of attempted kidnapping in an Acworth Walmart. The Cobb County District ...

Cobb County prosecutors on Wednesday agreed to drop criminal charges against a Walmart shopper accused of trying to snatch a 2-year-old boy from his mother inside the busy store.

Mahendra Patel, a 57-year-old real estate investor and father of two, spent more than six weeks behind bars after his controversial March 22 arrest.

Mahendra Patel, 57, faced charges of attempted kidnapping, assault and battery. The charges were dropped during a hearing on Wednesday.

Mahendra Patel, 57, appears for his bond hearing at Cobb County Superior Court in Marietta, Georgia, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. - Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP ...

A grand jury would later indict Patel on charges including attempted kidnapping – accusations for which he’s been jailed in Georgia’s Cobb County without bond for more than 40 days.

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The Cobb County District Attorney’s Office announced in court Wednesday it was no longer pursuing charges ...

COBB COUNTY, GA — The Cobb County man accused of trying to kidnap a toddler from a Walmart in March walks free after ...