Georgia mom’s Walmart trip devolves into ‘tug-of-warring’ in desperate attempt to save her son

A Georgia parent astir experienced the unthinkable erstwhile she recovered herself "tug-of-warring" with a antheral aft helium allegedly tried to drawback her young lad successful a Walmart. 

Caroline Miller was visiting a Walmart successful Acworth with her 4-year-old girl and 2-year-old lad past week erstwhile the motorized wheelchair the household was utilizing broke down successful the pharmacy aisle. Moments later, 56-year-old Mahendra Patel allegedly approached the household asking for assistance uncovering Tylenol, the mother told WSB. 

"When I pointed my limb retired this mode to accidental this is wherever it was, that is erstwhile helium reached down, enactment some of his hands connected Jude, and grabbed him retired of my lap," Miller said. 

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Mahendra Patel is charged with kidnapping, elemental battle and elemental artillery aft helium allegedly tried to snatch a 2-year-old lad from his parent wrong a Walmart successful Acworth, Georgia.  (Cobb County Sheriff’s Office)

Miller was capable to "break away" with her lad arsenic Patel was allegedly holding onto the child. 

"I pulled him back," Miller said. "We’re tug-of-warring."

Following the altercation, Patel walked away, purchased the Tylenol and near the store, WSB reported. The kid was unharmed, constabulary said. 

Detectives were capable to place Patel by speaking with witnesses and reviewing surveillance footage of the incident, according to the Acworth Police Department.

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Caroline Miller was buying astatine Walmart erstwhile Mahendra Patel allegedly tried to drawback her 2-year-old son. (Google Maps)

Three days later, Patel was arrested and charged with kidnapping, elemental battle and elemental battery, constabulary said. 

"We were capable to spot the car helium got into, and followed the cameras, and utilized our Flock cameras successful the metropolis and [were] capable to get a tag fig and way him down," Sgt. Eric Mistretta of the Acworth Police Department told WSB.

Patel is being held with nary enslaved astatine the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office, according to online jailhouse records. No lawyer was listed for him.

"The information of our customers and associates is simply a apical precedence – we are continuing to enactment intimately with constabulary done this investigation," a Walmart spokesperson said successful a connection to Fox News Digital.

Police successful Acworth, Georgia arrested Patel aft the alleged kidnapping attempt. (Acworth Police)

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Despite the terrifying encounter, Miller is thankful that some of her children are harmless and says the kids are present prepared for perchance life-threatening situations. 

"As overmuch arsenic we would deliberation it would ne'er happen, it volition and does, and to beryllium prepared for erstwhile it does," she told WSB.