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Tue, 30 Dec 2025 07:21:28 -0800
whiteguyinchina from private IP, post #16119830
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He reached to grab a toddler he said he thought was falling. Then he spent weeks in jail before the case was thrown out
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/23/us/mahendra-patel-caroline-miller-walmart-kidnapping-claim-hdy
or Mahendra “Mick” Patel, 2025 will always be the year his life turned upside down.
What began as an errand for his elderly mother in March devolved into an attempted kidnapping accusation, forcing the 57-year-old father to abandon his real
estate business and leaving his family desperate to find a way to clear his name.
Instead of getting ready for a summer filled with family vacations and celebrations, he sat inside a Georgia jail cell and racked his brain: How could what he
perceived to be an innocent exchange between two strangers at a Walmart store turn into felony charges
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He reached to grab a toddler he said he thought was falling. Then he spent weeks in jail before the case was thrown out
By
Alisha Ebrahimji
Updated Dec 29, 2025
Mahendra “Mick” Patel stands outside a Walmart store in Kennesaw, Georgia, on December 17, 2025. He was accused of attempted kidnapping after shopping at
the store for Tylenol.
Mahendra “Mick” Patel stands outside a ...
For Mahendra “Mick” Patel, 2025 will always be the year his life turned upside down.
What began as an errand for his elderly mother in March devolved into an attempted kidnapping accusation, forcing the 57-year-old father to abandon his real
estate business and leaving his family desperate to find a way to clear his name.
Instead of getting ready for a summer filled with family vacations and celebrations, he sat inside a Georgia jail cell and racked his brain: How could what he
perceived to be an innocent exchange between two strangers at a Walmart store turn into felony charges?
Patel’s prior run-ins with the law paled in comparison to the monthslong upheaval he was about to experience – now he was swept into the ranks of Americans
who say they were wrongfully accused of a crime.
From a Walmart aisle to a jail cell in days
It was mid-March when Patel ventured off after dinner to a Walmart store in Cobb County, just northwest of Atlanta. As he walked the aisles, he spotted a woman
riding a motorized cart and thought she could help him find some Tylenol.
And so she did.
The woman, Caroline Miller, 26, sat on the cart with her 2-year-old son on her lap, and an older child was sitting on the cart’s footwell. As the two adults
engaged in conversation, the scooter clipped a store display and Patel noticed the toddler looked like he was about to fall – off the scooter and his
mother’s lap.
What happened next left Patel and Miller with a different understanding of the interaction.
Shoppers walk outside of the Walmart store in Kennesaw, Georgia, where Mahendra “Mick” Patel was shopping in March of this year.
Shoppers walk outside of the Walmart store in Kennesaw, Georgia, where Mahendra “Mick” Patel was shopping in March of this year. Austin Steele/CNN
Patel said he reached out to make sure the boy wouldn’t fall. Meanwhile, Miller claimed the man grabbed her son out of her lap when she raised her hand to
point in the direction of the Tylenol.
“I’m like, ‘No, no … what are you doing?’ He pulled him,” Miller told CNN affiliate WSB in March. “I pulled him back. We’re tug-of-warring.”
Also video of woman who falsely accused him
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/cobb-county/cobb-county-mom-recounts-terrifying-moments-her-son-almost-got-kidnapped/372XURQT2BBI5AXLVJBXYNFM6U/
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:49:26 -0800
marlon from private IP
Reply #14275276
who does he think he is? good thing i know enough to stay away from kids
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:34:17 -0800
whiteguyinchina from private IP
Reply #15576381
The surveillance video is wild. He basically just comes up to her and has a normal interaction. He must have said something smart to her to piss her off so she
got her revenge by claiming pedophile kidnapper. What is wilder is that police reviewed security cameras to find his license plate in the parking lot. So did
they not review the footage of the actual interaction?
Man. It gave me chills. Couldn't help but think how many chill black or brown bros were lynched amidst similar circumstances in years past
Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:57:16 -0800
marlon from private IP
Reply #10557367
once thirty years ago in a Home Depot, me & my dad were shopping when he did the same thing. it freaked me out, i don't know why the parent was so cool about
it
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