Burlington Man Arrested After 3 Year Old Assaulted

Alexander Shirts. Courtesy: Des Moines County Jail

Alexander Shirts. Courtesy: Des Moines County Jail

A Burlington man was arrested Tuesday after police say he assaulted his girlfriend’s 3 year old son.

Police say that 26 year old Alexander P. Shirts assaulted the child in February. The child showed signs of bruising and had two black eyes when his father picked him up from his mother’s home.

Shirts and the child’s mother claim the boy fell off of a couch. Investigators say the child testified he was hit by Shirts.

Shirts faces up to one year in jail.