Man Remains in Jail Nearly TWO MONTHS After He was Accused of Trying to Abduct a Child in Walmart Even After Footage Shows a Different Story!

Mahendra Patel went to a Walmart in Georgia one day to buy Tylenol. Little did he know that that one trip, would change his life forever. When he got into the store Patel stopped another customer to ask where the Tylenol was. The woman, on a motorized scooter with her two children, pointed to where the medication was located. Patel went in search of it, found it, saw the woman again and paused to show her his find, then proceeded to check out and leave. One would think that this would be the last time Patel would have an encounter with the stranger and her children but, his arrest proved otherwise.

That woman, identified as Caroline Miller, called the police in a frenzy stating that Patel had tried to rip her toddler out of her arms and abduct him.

I made a video about the exchange a few weeks ago with the footage included. Check it out below.

Now, months later, Patel is still in jail and the public wants to know why!

“The surveillance video is very clear that this was not a kidnapping, or attempted kidnapping,” Patel’s lawyer, Ashleigh Merchant, told CNN.

“There was no struggle. There was nothing like that,” Merchant said.

With a bond hearing set for Tuesday, Merchant argues her client is innocent, partly citing the video that she subpoenaed from Walmart and shared with media outlets including CNN.

CNN has attempted to reach the accuser, Caroline Miller, who previously has spoken publicly about the incident, for comment. When reached by phone, a family member told CNN that Miller declined to comment on the case.

Walmart surveillance footage captures Mahendra Patel showing Miller the Tylenol he was looking for, minutes after their initial encounter, his attorney says.The Merchant Law Firm P.C.

From what I saw in the video it didn't look like Patel touched her child at all but, his lawyer states that he did. Briefly.

Merchant asserts that the scooter had “clipped the corner” of the display, and Patel reacted to safeguard the boy. “He’s never denied that he leaned in to try to help and make sure the child didn’t fall,” Merchant told CNN.

“There’s no tug-of-war. It’s … a split second,” Merchant said. “There’s definitely no battery, no assault, nothing like that at all.” Ackworth Police responded to the Walmart after Miller called them to take her complaint. She told them, as she had the store's manager, that a man "asked her where the Tylenol was" and when she pointed to it he tried to "snatch" her son away from her. She told them that she was able to pull her child back then the suspect fled the store.

The video footage doesn't show him fleeing the store at all. He gets his item, shows it to her, makes his purchase and leaves.

Patel was arrested three days after the incident and has remained jailed since.

The grand jury indicted Patel on April 3 on charges of criminal attempt to commit kidnapping, simple assault and simple battery, according to court documents.

“He is still in jail, because essentially, the state won’t agree – the district attorney – won’t agree to a bond, and we haven’t been able to get in front of a judge,” Merchant said.

With a bond hearing scheduled for Tuesday, Patel is set to remain at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center at least until then.

In a Change.org petition calling for charges against Patel to be dropped, he is called a “community pillar” who has contributed to the growth and development of his Indian-American community.

Merchant said Patel’s incarceration has been hard on his family, including his two daughters and his mother.

“It’s absolutely been awful,” Merchant said. “It’s really, really been difficult on them because they can’t keep up with their business and caring for his elderly mom.”

This isn't anything new in this country but it continues to be a sad and disgusting display.