A Parrish man left his toddler strapped in a child safety seat Thursday night while he was drinking inside a central Alabama topless bar, authorities said today.

Justin Jamie Capps, 27, is charged with disorderly conduct for becoming combative while Jefferson County sheriff's deputies questioned him. He is also charged with resisting arrest.

He is being held in the county jail with bond set at $4,000. Authorities are considering child endangerment charges, said Chief Deputy Randy Christian.

Deputies were called to Wesley's Boobie Trap on Alabama 78 by the club owner who was told by a customer that the child had been left in the car. The owner went outside to find the 2-year-old boy screaming and crying in the car seat inside a 2004 Pontiac Vibe.

Capps, deputies said, came out of the bar and confronted the club owner, demanding to know why he was near his car. The owner told Capps he had called the sheriff's office to report the child left unattended.

By the time deputies arrived, Capps had taken his son out of the car and was walking in the middle of Warrior-Jasper Road toward Bankhead Highway.

The child was released to the custody of his mother. The Department of Human Resources was notified.