Paul Nelson was a rookie cop, 22 years old when he was assigned to be the bagman for Captain John Russo's Raiders. he would collect the money Anthony DeSica's uncle would pay to the cops to let them know when a raid was coming. The night of Daniel Holtz's murder, Nelson was approached by Danny after he and his boyfriend, Henry Phillips had Chinese takeout thrown on them. He took the complaint, but did nothing to the 3 assailants, which would turn out to be Daniel Holtz's murderers.