Man who stabbed child at Albuquerque restaurant sentenced to prison

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A man who hit a young girl in the head with a beer bottle and stabbed her with the broken glass while at an Albuquerque restaurant was sentenced to prison on Tuesday.

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Nichalas San Souci will spend 12 years at the New Mexico Corrections Department, followed by three years of supervision.

The attack happened in April 2025 at Saggios restaurant on Cornell Drive near Central Avenue. The 8-year-old girl was waiting to order food with her family when San Souci attacked her. A nurse was at the restaurant and treated the girl until first responders arrived…

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