David Farnham, 23, was charged with child abuse, a class A misdemeanor, for leaving his infant son Justin in his parked car at the Century 16 Theaters at 125 E. 3300 South late Saturday night.

After a movie patron called police, officers found Justin around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday sitting in his car seat, crying and perspiring, 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 officers 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 $20,00 bail.

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