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

Mahendra Patel was arrested in March after a mother claimed he tried to take her 2-year-old child while she was shopping at the Walmart off Cobb Parkway.

Charges have been dismissed against a man who was facing attempted kidnapping and other charges after a mother accused him of ...