He reached to grab a toddler he said he thought was falling. It landed him in jail for weeks before the case was thrown out
- Posted on December 23, 2025
- By CNN
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He reached to grab a toddler he said he thought was falling. It landed him in jail for weeks before the case was thrown out

Mahendra Patel sat inside a Georgia jail asking himself how could what he perceived to be an innocent exchange between two strangers at Walmart store turn into felony charges for him.