ALEXANDER THOMSEN - 4 Months - Las Vegas NV

A Las Vegas man is facing child abuse charges
for allegedly abusing his own son and not seeking medical attention.

Randy Thomsen told police his four-month-old
son had fallen off the couch, causing an injury to the child's head. But
according to a police report, doctors say the child's injuries were not
consistent with that story.

Detectives interviewed a five-year-old child who
was also in the home. She said she has seen Thomsen shake, kick and hit
the baby.

The child suffered a skull fracture and
fractured ribs. His injuries weren't discovered until his mother took
him for medical care nearly a week later.

Police arrested and charged Thomsen with child
abuse with substantial bodily harm.

A 25-year-old Las Vegas man was arrested on child abuse charges after
police say his girlfriend’s daughter witnessed him punching his
4-month-old son in the head and putting the infant in a freezer.

Randy Thomsen, 25, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center
in connection with one count of child abuse with substantial bodily harm
for allegedly fracturing the skull and ribs of his son, Alexander.







Officers responded to Sunrise Hospital on June 10 to investigate
injuries that appeared to have been caused by the infant accidentally
falling from a couch. The boy's mother told police she was at work and
Thomsen was at home when the baby fell off the couch at their home in
the 2200 block of North Rancho Drive.

Sunrise medical personnel said X-rays showed the baby had a skull
fracture and possible injuries to the ribs.

The infant first was taken to MountainView Hospital on June 4 for
X-rays and then to Sunrise after skeletal tests showed the child had
healing rib fractures and mild displacement, according to the arrest
report.

Police said medical records also showed Thomsen took the baby to
MountainView on April 29 after the baby began having a seizure. He
reported that Alexander was eating when his eyes rolled back and he
became limp. The infant was diagnosed as having seizures caused by too
high or too low sodium levels.

Both parents were educated on the proper way to feed the baby because
they had been mixing formula incorrectly, police said.

The mother, identified as 23-year-old Mayra Meza-Irra, told officers
she believed the boy's injuries were suffered from the baby’s fall from
the couch on May 27.

After the boy’s fall, Thomsen told officers he noticed a soft spot on
the baby’s head that began to grow into a bump, and he could hear a
cracking sound in the infant’s rib area when he would pick him up, the
report said.

Thomsen said Alexander became sick on June 9 and they took him to see
a doctor to describe the sound.

A pediatric radiologist found Alexander had four rib fractures that
were 10 to 14 days old. Authorities determined there might also be a
fifth fracture.

Medical personnel said the fractures were inconsistent with falling
off a couch. Officials also said the fractured ribs weren't on the same
side of the body as the skull fracture.

The mother then told police that her 5-year-old daughter could have
caused the injuries when she took the baby out of the crib, the report
said.

Detectives interviewed the toddler and she said Thomsen would often
punch the baby in the head with his fist, the report said. The girl also
said he would put the baby in the freezer and shut the door. He would
then take Alexander back out and give him a bath, the girl said.

She also witnessed Thomsen place his hand over the baby’s mouth and
shake, punch and kick him in the buttocks area, according to the police
report. Thomsen would only hit the baby when the boy's mother was at
work, the report said, although police say the woman initially lied to
officers about her work schedule because she thought her children would
be taken away if she didn’t make enough money.

Thomsen told police he becomes frustrated when the baby cries and had
to walk outside or turn up the volume on the TV. He denied purposely
hurting his son but said he has been told that he doesn’t know his own
strength, the report said.

Police said Thomsen has a criminal history that includes charges of
battery with a deadly weapon with substantial bodily harm, battery with
deadly weapon, attempted murder with deadly weapon and assault with a
deadly weapon. He is a documented gang member, authorities said.

He has felony convictions for burglary and grand larceny from 2004.
He also was convicted of gross misdemeanors for conspiracy to commit
burglary and conspiracy to commit battery with use of a deadly weapon.

Meza-Irra has a record that includes petit larceny, traffic
violations and contempt of court.

Thomsen is being held on $20,000 bail.