A man spent 45 days in jail, accused of trying to abduct a child at Walmart. A judge granted a bond after lawyer shows video

Mahendra Patel, who is facing attempted kidnapping and different charges aft a parent accused him of trying to drawback her 2-year-old lad from her astatine a Georgia Walmart, has been granted a $10,000 enslaved aft being held successful a Cobb County jailhouse for 45 days.

“I’m going to assistance this antheral a bond. He’s entitled to a bond,” Cobb County Superior Court Judge A. Gregory Poole said successful tribunal Tuesday. Patel was released aboriginal successful the day, his lawyer told CNN.

Patel’s lawyer, Ashleigh Merchant, presented her lawsuit arsenic to wherefore helium should beryllium released by showing the justice a compilation of information footage that she subpoenaed from Walmart and shared with media outlets including CNN. They amusement the March 18 incidental astatine a Walmart successful the metropolis of Acworth, astir 30 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta.

Merchant said Patel was conscionable trying to marque definite the lad didn’t autumn from a scooter his parent was riding connected with him successful her lap.

Patel had the enactment of galore radical who were successful different country astatine the courthouse, including friends, relatives and neighbors, the lawyer told the judge.

The footage is somewhat grainy and Patel’s backmost obscures portion of what is happening.

Prosecutors argued the video shows Patel grabbed the child, helium shouldn’t person and helium fled aft the incident.

Merchant contended Patel did not fly the scene, and that helium has beardown ties successful the community, specified arsenic spot ownership, a woman and daughters, volunteering astatine section nonprofits and being a subordinate of organizations specified arsenic the Kiwanis Club.

Cobb County Chief Assistant District Attorney Jesse Evans said Patel was antecedently convicted of a felony for a fiscal strategy and was arrested connected suspicion of DUI.

“I’m not disquieted astir that. I don’t judge helium poses a hazard to the community,” said Poole. “The grounds from the video, and I won’t remark connected what I deliberation the video truly shows, arsenic acold arsenic guilt oregon innocence. It’s not my occupation today. But the facts bash amusement maine that helium hung around, and I don’t find that he’s a formation hazard based upon what I saw successful the video,” Poole said.

Caroline Miller, 26, told constabulary Patel asked for assistance uncovering Tylenol astatine the Walmart. She said Patel tried to drawback her 2-year-old lad from her, but she pulled the kid back.

CNN has attempted to scope Miller, who antecedently has spoken publically astir the incident, for comment. When reached by phone, a household subordinate told CNN that Miller declined to comment.

A expansive assemblage indicted Patel connected April 3 connected charges of transgression effort to perpetrate kidnapping, elemental battle and elemental battery, according to tribunal documents.

Patel, 57, spent his day successful jail, according to his attorney.

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