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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 | 6:19 p.m.
Randy Thomsen
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 petite larceny, traffic violations and contempt of court.
Thomsen is being held on $20,000 bail.
I think Thomsen needs his skull fractured along with his ribs, then put him in a freezer & throw away the key.
Burn him at the stake!
I am sick of reading Stories of a grown adults beating a child, back peddling with excuses, baby fell off couch, then not knowing his own strength,B.S. and the mother in denial.. I'm sure the 5 year old probably told her mother. documented gang banger, ridiculous tattoo on his neck, bad ass wannabe, cracking a 4 month olds rib and sticking him in a freezer... OFF WITH HIS HEAD ! The real hero in this story is the 5 year old sister..
i think when you walk out the door after getting a neck tattoo...they should automatically arrest you and get it over with since you're surely going to commit a crime in the near future.
We need to give out tourist visa's at Primm that allow Southern Californians 3 days to stay in Las Vegas. Take pictures of their tattoo's too. Easier for booking and subsequent prosecution.
$20,000 bail for what he has inflicted on this poor kid? Are you frickin kidding me?!?! This is one of the worst news reports I have read in a long while. Oh and BTW to this punk Randy- I have a huge freezer at home, see how you would like your sorry arse locked up in there with no bath and no nothing afterward........
I wonder if I can have about fifteen minutes with this punk.
I'd also like to propose a new law stating that whatever someone does to abuse or kill a child that their punishment shall be the same for them that they did to the child. The only difference is that the time the pain and suffering is delivered it should be stretched out over a long period of time before they're fried in the electric chair. No needle or gas for them.
I'd also like to propose a new law stating that whatever someone does to abuse or kill a child that their punishment shall be the same for them that they did to the child. The only difference is that the time the pain and suffering is delivered it should be stretched out over a long period of time before they're fried in the electric chair. No needle or gas for them.
**I second that, how pathetic to hurt a helpless child. Only use no water on the sponge for the chair..or another one Im in favor of, feet in water and tazer where the sun dont shine over and over and over for those scum
If he's done this to his own son, God -and Mayra- only know what this Monster has done to that little girl. Kudos to the Officers for digging a little deeper. And, shame on the Dr who didnt.
Lets hope this guy gets a long prison term, so he spend lots of time in with the general prison population!!!
This nasty bastard needs to go away for life! Thank God for little children who are able to talk to the police when most likely told not to. How sad that the 5 year old witnessed this hideous excuse for a human being and his acts of violence against her brother. He deserves to be publicly beaten, prodded, burned, and made to suffer until he dies. How sad he doesn't live in a foreign country where they actually do these things to people! Oh no, his bail is a lousy $20k, some piece of crap bondsman with no conscience will bail him out (give me that name so I can broadcast it all over the world), he'll, of course, plead not guilty, and then get slapped on the wrist and sent to Hi-Desert. And that is where the real sentence will begin...I hope!
What a pathetic Puke! Only a coward would beat up on a child, and only a fool would be stupid enough to tatoo Los Angeles on his neck! The human trash "Randy and his like" coming out of LA need to be shipped East of Cali not West, take them about 200 miles off shore and drop their sorry a$$ off with a milk container.
I also agree that $20,000 in bail is absurd for this type of crime. The Las Vegas DA seems to have a few loose screws.
What a very upsetting story. @Sun What happened to that Henderson guy that killed little girl? Is he locked up for life or is he out on bail?
a productive member of society.
Way too many abusive scumbags like this in Vegas. Child abuse seems run rampant in this city. Wear a condom people and stop having babies!
Woow - we have 2 winners here...
if that is true this f-ing scumbag should have his f-ing head cut off.
It sickens me to no end that this going on. I have the solution for this piece of dog dung. It's called S&W loaded with 45 Cal hollow points. The judge who set the bail should never be elected again.
Rest assured there is a special place in hell waiting for him and others like him.
neck tats should come with mandatory sterilization, people who get them are obviously too stupid to care for a child.
The guy is obviously a mental case of the worse kind.He should be locked up and closed off to all humans for the rest of his natural life.The sad part is...his "public" lawyer will plead INSANITY...and probably get it.
I hope CPS coordinates this case with Metro's investigation. Please request that this pathetic loser have a court order against being alone with children, ever. Let's not have a repeat of the recent child deaths in Las Vegas.
I agree with Freddie and bam
Where is Vlad the Impaler when you need him? I am sure if impaling were the penalty, this piece of human garbage would have had second thoughts, even though thoughts are alien to what purports to be his brain.
He has not only physically damaged this child but mentally too...not only the 4 month old but the 5 year old also..poor child must have been so scared and confused at the same time watching this abuser hurt her baby brother like that...I hope he rots in jail...cause if he gets out no telling what he would do to the daughter for letting the police know what she saw!!
Well what is up with giving this pooh any type of bail....Lets save taxpayer money and just get the ropes ready and have a hanging party for two... Then the rest of the poohbird abusers might get a clue....
Love to see all these people getting their whole bodies and faces adorned w/endless tads...
Always a plus when out on job interviews and in public eateries ,.. some don't realize that unless you get laser surgery somewhere down the line that you are stuck with the art for the rest of your life,... I ran into a guy awhile back that had tads that he possessed for some time, (he is in his late 60's)....They didn't look like tads anymore, they looked more like dark colored sores or moles all over his face and neck, until one looked real close, then you could tell that at one time long ago it was body art that meant something...yuk.....Didn't really have anything to do w/the article, but I had to get that offa my chest..thanks....
"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"
Some people should not be able to breed. Instead of placing the blame on the scumbag, she blames the daughter. I hope this dude rots in hell.
bam1969 - I agree, but not the head above the neck tat, the other one.
Why are losers such as this allowed to breed?
These 2 losers need to be locked up, and don't forget to tell the other prisoners "what they're in for". Make sure it's slow and painful.
"The Louesville Slugger, it isn't just for baseball anymore".
These comments remind me of the movie "Idiocracy"
death penalty. no option here. time to send a message. that dude randy looks like your typical walmart trash kinda worthless member or society. crack his skull and fry his butt.
why would someone get a Los Angeles tattoo on their neck and live in Las Vegas?
oh sorry, nitro and skynrd84geek, that this kind of thing enrages me to the point of wanting to really hurt anyone who would do that. the scary thing is that apparently it's no big deal to you two. stay out of the yard, the other inmates probably don't take kindly to your type.
Kneecap the bastard and blind him. Put him on a plane to Africa one way.
I can hear the mother now "But I love him". That chick had to know that he was beating up on the kid. Most 5 year olds will sing like caneries. I am sure the kid told her. Hopefully, if social services having any brain cells left they would take those kids away from them; never to return. She picked a winner to procreate with.
Freeze him then feed him to the sharks at Mandalay Bay!
Someone please sterilize both parents from further having children. The system in Clark County, sadly, rarely ever works in the child's favor and the foster care system in Las Vegas is nothing more than another version of hell that innocent children have to endure......With all this, our politicians do nothing and erect mob museums.......
where are the trigger happy cops when we need them?