CO - Parents charged with abandoning 1-month old baby on street - December 25, 2024

[Clearsky]

Parents arrested after abandoned baby found in Colorado, discovered in street Christmas morning

Two people have been arrested and are facing charges of felony child abuse after a one-month-old baby was discovered in the median of a road Christmas morning.

www.cbsnews.com

Just after 8:30 p.m., the sheriff's office announced they had arrested the child's parents, Jarvis Sims and Christina Thurman. Both are facing felony child abuse charges in connection with the case.

 

[tezi]

Parents arrested after abandoned baby found in Colorado, discovered in street Christmas morning

Two people have been arrested and are facing charges of felony child abuse after a one-month-old baby was discovered in the median of a road Christmas morning.

www.cbsnews.com

Just after 8:30 p.m., the sheriff's office announced they had arrested the child's parents, Jarvis Sims and Christina Thurman. Both are facing felony child abuse charges in connection with the case.

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How about attempted murder?

JMO, IMO, and all other disclaimers.

 

[Gemmie]

The poor child was found wearing only a diaper and temperatures were between 34°-48°.

Parents arrested after abandoned baby found in Colorado, discovered in street Christmas morning

Two people have been arrested and are facing charges of felony child abuse after a one-month-old baby was discovered in the median of a road Christmas morning.

www.cbsnews.com

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[CrimeSlog]

Unbelievable!!!! Put them under the jail

 

[Niner]

Following... looks like Thurman is NOT in the court site - so she might have gotten off of the charges -

article on their hearing 12/26/24 - which explains how the baby got into the median.

Colorado judge calls mother accused of leaving baby in median on Christmas a "danger to your son"

The Colorado parents accused of abandoning their 6-week-old baby on a median on Christmas appeared in court.

www.cbsnews.com

The Colorado parents accused of abandoning their 6-week-old baby in a car seat wearing only a diaper on a median on Christmas appeared in court on Thursday.

In court, Adams County Judge Jacque Lyn Russell said 33-year-old Christina Thurman was a "danger to your son -- both physical and emotional danger to your son." Thurman and her boyfriend, 42-year-old Jarvis Sims, are facing child abuse charges after Sims allegedly left their baby boy on the median in Adams County near 7490 Pecos Street, just north of Highway 36 and close to Denver's northern city limits.
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Thurman and Sims are both being held on a $50,000 bond. Neither have been formally charged, but deputies are recommending charges of misdemeanor child abuse and felony child abuse. They're due back in court Monday [12/30/24] for a formal return filing of charges and both have been instructed to have no contact with the child.


Date: 12/30/2024
Time: 1:30 PM
Name: SIMS, JARVIS
Case Number: 2024CR4004
Hearing Type: Rtrn Filing of Charges
Location: Adams County
Appearance Type:
Courtroom: 5

Date: 2/7/2025
Time: 9:30 AM
Name: SIMS, JARVIS
Case Number: 2024M1363
Hearing Type: Motions Hearing
Location: Adams County
Appearance Type:
Courtroom: 6

Date: 3/14/2025
Time: 8:30 AM
Name: SIMS, JARVIS
Case Number: 2024M1363
Hearing Type: PreTrial Readiness Conference
Location: Adams County
Appearance Type:
Courtroom: 6

Date: 3/25/2025
Time: 8:15 AM
Name: SIMS, JARVIS
Case Number: 2024M1363
Hearing Type: Jury Trial
Location: Adams County
Appearance Type:
Courtroom: 6


link: Docket Search | Colorado Judicial Branch

 

[Niner]

Here's another article from the hearing on 12/26.

Family of 1-month-old boy left in Adams County median says mother should not face charges

The family of a 1-month-old boy who was left in the median of a busy Adams County street on Christmas Day told Denver7 that only the boy's father, not his mother, should face charges.

www.denver7.com

 

[Niner]

Also - I believe the title is wrong - the baby is ONLY 1 month old - not 1 year old as it states.

The Mother - from the article above - has 3 more young children....

edited to add - I asked a mod to change the year of the baby to 1 month.

 

[tlcya]

they did what???!!

a newborn basically. the link below describes how awful these parents are and how the baby came to be purposefully left on the median by both parents after an argument. Just WTF??
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In court, Adams County Judge Jacque Lyn Russell said 33-year-old Christina Thurman was a "danger to your son -- both physical and emotional danger to your son." Thurman and her boyfriend, 42-year-old Jarvis Sims, are facing child abuse charges after Sims allegedly left their baby boy on the median in Adams County near 7490 Pecos Street, just north of Highway 36 and close to Denver's northern city limits.
Colorado judge calls mother accused of leaving baby in median on Christmas a "danger to your son"

 

[tlcya]

Pecos St · Denver, CO 80204

for an idea of where these unusual individuals left their child.

 

[wendybtn]

IMO, the baby should be adopted out ASAP. Whether the mother put the baby out or not is immaterial. She didn't protect her child in the moment nor from drugs.

 

[wendybtn]

Pecos St · Denver, CO 80204

for an idea of where these unusual individuals left their child.

They were lucky someone was there to grab the baby and call police.

 

[tlcya]

They were lucky someone was there to grab the baby and call police.

I am glad that despite the witness's own legal issues and fear of being involved they got that child to safety and made sure LE were notified. Even tho it was hard to do the right thing they got it done.

 

[Niner]

If I had spelled her name correctly - I would have posted this earlier...

Date: 12/30/2024
Time: 1:30 PM
Name: THURMAN, CHRISTINA
Case Number: 2024CR4003
Hearing Type: Rtrn Filing of Charges
Location: Adams County
Appearance Type:
Courtroom: 5

link: Docket Search | Colorado Judicial Branch

 

[Rosydecember]

If I had spelled her name correctly - I would have posted this earlier...

Date: 12/30/2024
Time: 1:30 PM
Name: THURMAN, CHRISTINA
Case Number: 2024CR4003
Hearing Type: Rtrn Filing of Charges
Location: Adams County
Appearance Type:
Courtroom: 5

link: Docket Search | Colorado Judicial Branch

Just blame autocorrect…. It wasn’t you lol

 

[Niner]

Monday, December 30th:
*Return Filing of Charges Hearing (@ 1:30pm MT) - Baby (1 month) left on median near 7490 Pecos Street wearing only a diaper in a car seat in Denver on Dec. 25, 2024. Baby also tested positive for cocaine. *Jarvis Sims (42) & Christina Thurman (33) arrested (12/25/24 & facing felony child abuse charges. Will be formally charged on Monday, 12/30/24. Both held on $50K bond. Adams County
Two people have been arrested & are facing charges of felony child abuse after a one-month-old baby was discovered in the median of a Colorado road Christmas morning. The Adams County Sheriff's Office said the baby was left sitting in a car seat in the median near 7490 Pecos Street wearing only a diaper. Authorities said they received a 911 call around 9:30 a.m. Christmas morning from someone who discovered the abandoned baby. A social worker is with the baby at Children's Hospital Colorado, where he is under observation as a precaution. Authorities said they don't yet know when he was left in the median, and the baby had no visible injuries. The sheriff's department provided an update around 4:30 p.m. thanking the public for helping to locate the baby's family. Just after 8:30 p.m., the sheriff's office announced they had arrested the child's parents, Jarvis Sims & Christina Thurman. Both are facing felony child abuse charges in connection with the case. Sims and Thurman are due in court Thursday morning, 12/26/24.
Trial set to begin on 3/25/25 for Sims.
Adams County Judge Jacque Lyn Russell presiding.
12/26/24 Update: In court, Adams County Judge Jacque Lyn Russell said 33-year-old Christina Thurman was a "danger to your son -- both physical & emotional danger to your son." Thurman & her boyfriend, 42-year-old Jarvis Sims, are facing child abuse charges after Sims allegedly left their baby boy on the median in Adams County near 7490 Pecos Street, just north of Highway 36 & close to Denver's northern city limits. Thurman & Sims are both being held on a $50,000 bond. Neither have been formally charged, but deputies are recommending charges of misdemeanor child abuse & felony child abuse. They're due back in court Monday [12/30/24] for a formal return filing of charges & both have been instructed to have no contact with the child. For Sims: motions hearing on 2/7/25 @ 9:30am, pretrial conference hearing on 3/14/25 @ 8;30am & trial set to begin on 3/25/25 @ 8:15am.

 

[GRT]

IMO, the baby should be adopted out ASAP. Whether the mother put the baby out or not is immaterial. She didn't protect her child in the moment nor from drugs.

I think so, too. And, then, I think both biological parents should be fixed because neither one is parent material.

Cocaine in a 6-week-old's urine? Unbelievable. And, her family saying they knew the baby's mother would return if she knew he left the baby out there? What the heck? She saw him do it and she walked away because she didn't want "conflict."

Mothers don't walk away. Period.

 

[Niner]

Parents of baby abandoned Christmas morning formally charged

Jarvis Sims and Christina Thurman, the parents of an infant boy who was left in a car seat in the median of a busy street Christmas morning, have been charged with misdemeanor child abuse and reckless endangerment. The infant was left alone for several minutes and had cocaine in his urine...

denvergazette.com

Dec. 30, 2024

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.
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The original suggested counts for both parents were for felony child abuse, but those charges were reduced by the 17th Judicial District Attorney's Office.
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The next appearance for Sims and Thurman is scheduled for Feb. 7 in Adams County.

Another article I found said the baby's name is X <mod note - starts with X>

 

[Niner]

They both have a hearing on the temporary custody of children on 12/31, but I am not going to keep track of that one - just the criminal cases.
Also the info I posted earlier for Sims was for another one of his cases which I will not be following. That is the one with a trial coming up in March.

Date: 2/7/2025
Time: 9:30 AM
Name: SIMS, JARVIS
Case Number: 2024CR4004
Hearing Type: Disposition Hearing
Location: Adams County
Appearance Type:
Courtroom: 6


Date: 2/7/2025
Time: 9:30 AM
Name: THURMAN, CHRISTINA
Case Number: 2024CR4003
Hearing Type: Disposition Hearing
Location: Adams County
Appearance Type:
Courtroom: 6

link: Docket Search | Colorado Judicial Branch

 

[mickey2942]

I am glad that despite the witness's own legal issues and fear of being involved they got that child to safety and made sure LE were notified. Even tho it was hard to do the right thing they got it done.

Yeah. I don't know anything about the rescuer, but that person is 100% better than the parents. Waive their criminal issues for saving this baby on Christmas.

 

[tlcya]

Parents of baby abandoned Christmas morning formally charged

Jarvis Sims and Christina Thurman, the parents of an infant boy who was left in a car seat in the median of a busy street Christmas morning, have been charged with misdemeanor child abuse and reckless endangerment. The infant was left alone for several minutes and had cocaine in his urine...

denvergazette.com

Dec. 30, 2024

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.
[.....]
The original suggested counts for both parents were for felony child abuse, but those charges were reduced by the 17th Judicial District Attorney's Office.
[.....]
The next appearance for Sims and Thurman is scheduled for Feb. 7 in Adams County.

Another article I found said the baby's name is Xion. So I am going use his name on my info.

misdemeanor to me means they'll plea out and have to go to parenting classes and that poor little will be right back in their custody within a few months