David Farnham, 23, was charged with the class A misdemeanor in 3rd District Court. Police say he left his son, Justin, in his parked car Saturday night at the Century 16 Theaters, 125 E. 3300 South in South Salt Lake.

After a movie patron called police, officers found Justin around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday sitting in his car seat, crying and sweating, according to court documents.

Farnham, of Salt Lake City, left the child in the car with the windows rolled up "so the child could not be taken out," according to a jail booking statement. The temperature inside the vehicle was 87 degrees, the statement said.

Police stopped the movie showing to arrest Farnham, who told police that he left his son in the car for more than two hours while he watched a movie because Justin was asleep, according to court documents.

Farnham is being held at the Salt Lake County Metro Jail on $20,000 bail.

Justin, who was thirsty but reported in good condition, was released to his mother, said detective Gary Keller, of the South Salt Lake Police Department.