A man was sentenced Monday for child abuse after abandoning a baby on a median in Adams County on Christmas morning.
Jarvis Sims, 42, pleaded guilty to child abuse and received a one-year deferred sentence. Charges of reckless endangerment and violation of a protection order were dismissed in the plea.
Sims and Christina Thurman, 33, were charged with child abuse and reckless endangerment in December after a woman saw Sims leave a baby in a car seat on a median in the 7400 block of Pecos Street, according to a sheriff’s arrest affidavit.
Sims and Thurman were seen arguing before Sims left the baby on the median. Sims and Thurman walked away from the baby.
The baby was taken to Children’s Hospital Colorado in Broomfield and tested positive for cocaine.
Thurman has not been sentenced but is set to appear in court Friday morning.
