Mahendra Patel, the 56-year-old Indian-American engineer, who was arrested on expenses of tried kidnapping, has spent 43 days behind bar. As his bail listening to is about for Tuesday, May 6, his lawyer, Ashleigh Merchant claimed that he was charged with none evidence and he or she has the surveillance video that exhibits what really occurred on the Georgia Walmart retailer in March.
Caroline Miller, A girl with a two-year-old son accused Patel of assaulting and making an attempt to kidnap the kid on the Walmart retailer. A grand jury indicted Patel and despatched him to Georgia’s Cobb County jail with out bond.
His lawyer launched the surveillance video and claimed that it was not a kidnapping or tried kidnapping; Patel was simply making an attempt to guarantee that the boy did not fall from the scooter.
Patel encountered Miller on a motorized cart scooter with two youngsters, one in her lap and one at her ft. (*43*)The surveillance footage that has no audio confirmed that Patel was talking with Miller along with his again to the digicam. Patel requested Miller whether or not she knew the place to discover Tylenol, a drugs.
In her criticism, Miller mentioned when she confirmed Patel the course the place Tylenol was, Patel reached down and grabbed her child. She claimed there was a tug of struggle with the newborn.
Patel’s lawyer mentioned he reached out to the kid to be certain the kid did not fall. “There’s no tug-of-war. It’s … a split second,” Merchant mentioned. “There’s definitely no battery, no assault, nothing like that at all.”
CNN reported that in the surveillance footage, it may be seen that Patel later informed Miller that he discovered the medication and Miller acknowledged. Patel then left the shop after paying for the medication, however Miller lodged a criticism and Patel was arrested three days later.
Patel’s lawyer informed CNN that he has been in jail since then because the district lawyer didn’t agree to a bond — whereas his household, together with his two daughters and his mom, has been depressing with out him.