Olivier Uyttebrouck

Albuquerque

Staff Writer at Albuquerque Journal

Albuquerque Journal reporter.

Articles

Off-duty Albuquerque officer accused of striking person in motorcycle hit-and-run

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Olivier Uyttebrouck

May 23—An Albuquerque police officer was in custody Friday, charged with striking and critically injuring a man before fleeing the scene on a motorcycle Thursday evening. Officer Ezekiel Florez, 29, was charged Friday with knowingly leaving the scene of an accident involving great bodily harm. Florez was off-duty at the time of the crash and had another off-duty officer, Krystal Garcia, on the motorcycle with him, police say.
Vaccinated adults among latest measles cases in Sandoval County

2 weeks ago | abqjournal.com | Olivier Uyttebrouck

Health officials on Friday reported two additional measles cases in Sandoval County, bringing the total number of infections there to six, all since May 15. Sandoval County residents infected this week include an infant too young to be vaccinated and three adults who each had received at least one dose of the measles vaccine. kAm%96 }6H |6I:4@ s6A2CE>6?E @7 w62=E9 2=D@ 2=6CE65 E96 AF3=:4 E@ >F=E:A=6 D:E6D :? p=3FBF6CBF6 2?5 $2?E2 u6 H96C6 E9@D6 H:E9 E96 G:CFD EC2G6=65 E@[ A@D:?8 2?
APD officer charged with striking pedestrian with motorcycle, fleeing scene

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Olivier Uyttebrouck

May 23—An Albuquerque police officer was in custody Friday charged with striking and critically injuring a pedestrian and fleeing the scene on a motorcycle Thursday evening. Officer Ezekiel Florez, 29, was charged Friday with knowingly leaving the scene of an accident involving great bodily harm.
APD officer charged with striking pedestrian with motorcycle, fleeing scene

2 weeks ago | abqjournal.com | Olivier Uyttebrouck

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Sandoval County joins those most affected by measles with four recent cases

2 weeks ago | rrobserver.com | Olivier Uyttebrouck

ALBUQUERQUE — Measles is edging into New Mexico’s largest metro area, with four cases reported in Sandoval County in the past week, health officials said. The new Sandoval County cases bring the state’s total to 76 confirmed illnesses, New Mexico Department of Health officials said Thursday at a news conference in Albuquerque. The first two Sandoval County cases were announced May 15. Health officials said at the time that those infected had traveled to sites in Albuquerque and the East Mountains.
Sandoval County joins those most affected by measles with four recent cases

2 weeks ago | abqjournal.com | Olivier Uyttebrouck

Measles is edging into New Mexico's largest metro area, with four cases reported in Sandoval County in the past week, health officials said. The new Sandoval County cases bring the state's total to 76 confirmed illnesses, New Mexico Department of Health officials said Thursday at a news conference in Albuquerque. kAm%96 7:CDE EH@ $2?5@G2= r@F?EJ 42D6D H6C6 2??@F?465 |2J `d] w62=E9 @77:4:2=D D2:5 2E E96 E:>6 E92E E9@D6 :?764E65 925 EC2G6=65 E@ D:E6D :?
Man pleads not guilty to stabbing, striking an 8-year-old girl at Saggio's

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Olivier Uyttebrouck

May 21—A man charged with stabbing an 8-year-old girl's neck at a popular Albuquerque pizza restaurant pleaded not guilty this week to child abuse and other felony charges. Prosecutors allege that Nichalas San Souci, 24, struck the girl in the head with a beer bottle on April 25, then placed something against her neck, causing her to bleed profusely and requiring her to get 19 stitches.
Man pleads not guilty to stabbing, striking an 8-year-old girl at Saggio's

2 weeks ago | abqjournal.com | Olivier Uyttebrouck

A man charged with stabbing an 8-year-old girl’s neck at a popular Albuquerque pizza restaurant pleaded not guilty this week to child abuse and other felony charges. Prosecutors allege that Nichalas San Souci, 24, struck the girl in the head with a beer bottle on April 25, then placed something against her neck, causing her to bleed profusely and requiring her to get 19 stitches. kAm$2? $@F4: E@=5 E96 49:=5’D 72E96C E92E 96 2EE24<65 E96 8:C= 3642FD6 D96 “8@E :? >J H2J[” A@=:46 D2:5 :?
Judiciary names a leader of the court's behavioral health overhaul

2 weeks ago | abqjournal.com | Olivier Uyttebrouck

The state judiciary this week named Esperanza Lucero to a new post leading the Administrative Office of the Court's effort to overhaul New Mexico's behavioral health system. Lucero faces the task of helping break the cycle that keeps New Mexicans with untreated mental health and substance abuse problems trapped in the state's criminal justice system. The initiative emerged from a legislative package approved earlier this year by a bipartisan group of state lawmakers.
Former N.M. corrections officer receives double transplant to cure Type 1 diabetes

3 weeks ago | corrections1.com | Olivier Uyttebrouck

By Olivier UyttebrouckAlbuquerque JournalALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Type 1 diabetes kept Matthew Martinez tethered to a kidney dialysis machine for 11 hours a day and dependent on daily insulin injections to keep him alive. All that ended April 29 when Martinez, 31, received an unusual double transplant that gave him a new kidney and pancreas, curing him of the disease that had dominated his life since childhood.