M.L. Nestel

1 month ago | nysun.com | M.L. Nestel

Ruthless raiders are going for broke by targeting underground gaming parlors hidden deep within New York City’s Asian communities. Since last week, the NYPD remains on the hunt for a six-deep crew who stormed into a gambling den shrouded behind a storefront facade in Brooklyn’s Chinatown, the Sun has learned.

2 months ago | nysun.com | M.L. Nestel

Since its inception in the 1830s, the Sun has chronicled crime in the mean streets of the City that Never Sleeps, and to this day, the police blotter – or its digital equivalent – offers fascinating snapshots into lives gone wrong in the myriad neighborhoods of the five boroughs. Our aim here is to chronicle the more curious criminal incidents across New York City that, with local news coverage in retreat, may not otherwise come under a spotlight.

Mar 8, 2025 | nysun.com | M.L. Nestel

Since its inception in the 1830s, the Sun has chronicled crime in the mean streets of the City that Never Sleeps, and to this day, the police blotter – or its digital equivalent – offers fascinating snapshots into lives gone wrong in the myriad neighborhoods of the five boroughs. Our aim here is to chronicle the more curious criminal incidents across New York City that, with local news coverage in retreat, may not otherwise come under a spotlight.

Feb 13, 2025 | nysun.com | M.L. Nestel

The Sun has chronicled crime in New York City’s mean streets since its birth in the 1830s, and to this day, the police blotter – now in digital form – gives snapshots like no other into lives gone wrong in the five boroughs’ myriad neighborhoods. Here we chronicle the more curious criminal incidents across New York City that, with local news coverage in retreat, may not otherwise come under a spotlight.

Nov 22, 2024 | nysun.com | M.L. Nestel

A series of savage slashings  ‚ÄĒ three of them fatal ‚ÄĒ have sent shivers through Manhattan this week. A Wednesday morning stroll along a posh Upper West Side sidewalk proved near deadly for a tourist in town from Denmark. The 55-year-old man who is a retired professional soccer player, and whom the Sun is not naming, had been walking at around 10:30 a.m. when he was met by a stranger dressed in a gray T-shirt, dark shorts and wielding a blade.