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 recounts his ordeal to AJC columnist Bill Torpy from the dining room table of his Cobb County home.

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 ...

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

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

Charges against a Georgia man accused of trying to kidnap a toddler at an Atlanta-area Walmart were dismissed Wednesday after ...

Mahendra Patel, an Indian-origin man from Georgia, was cleared of attempted kidnapping charges after spending 45 days in jail ...

A Cobb County man said his life was turned upside-down when he was falsely accused of trying to kidnap a toddler while inside ...

Mahendra Patel said during the 47 days he was in jail, his business suffered, he worried about his family and he feared for ...

Mahendra Patel was looking for Tylenol in a Georgia Walmart two months ago when he encountered a woman with two children – riding a motorized cart she was driving – and asked her for help to find the ...

Mahendra Patel was looking for Tylenol in a Georgia Walmart two months ago when he encountered a woman with two children – riding a motorized cart she was driving – and asked her for help to ...