Parents of baby abandoned Christmas morning formally charged | News [Video]

Jarvis Sims and Christina Thurman, the parents of an infant boy who was left in a car seat on the median of a busy street Christmas morning, were charged with misdemeanor child abuse and reckless endangerment Monday in Adams County court. 

Sims, 42, who has been held in the Adams County jail since the child was found, was given a $2,500 cash/surety bond on the condition that his sobriety is monitored.

He faces an extra misdemeanor charge of a violation of a protective order.

Thurman, 33, has been out on bond since her first appearance. She was asked to apply for legal assistance.

To be charged with a misdemeanor for child abuse, the abuse must not result in a serious injury to the child. The 1-month-old, who was left by his father in only a diaper, had cocaine in his urine, according to the arrest affidavit. The infant was otherwise …