Judge: Florida dad used bad judgment leaving boys in hot car

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Judge: Florida Dad Used Bad Judgement Leaving Boys In Hot Car

This March 4, 2017 photo provided by the California Highway Patrol San Gorgonio Pass shows a cow wedged between the front and back seat of a Honda Civic along the side of an interstate highway in Beaumont, Calif. It was one of the more unusual calls the California Highway Patrol had received, Someone reported seeing a cow trying to climb out of a small car parked alongside an interstate. Officers responding Saturday, along a mountain pass in Southern California's Riverside County discovered a calf trying to escape from a Honda Civic's open trunk. Another calf was crammed into the floor of the backseat. (CHP-San Gorgonio Pass via AP )

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is accused of child abuse for leaving his two young children in a hot car while he searched a junk yard for car parts.

The SunSentinel reports that during a Sunday bond hearing, Broward Judge Merrilee Erlich told 28-year-old Alan Aneuris Luna that he used “very bad judgment.”

An arrest report said someone called 911 because the boys, ages 6 and 7, were crying. They wouldn’t open the car door because the store manager and other customers were strangers. When firefighters arrived, the boys finally opened the door. They were treated and released.

It was 78 degrees in Davie on Saturday, Paramedics estimated they were in the car for over an hour.

Luna’s attorney said the boys were old enough to open the door if they felt trapped.