From police chief to suspect: $4k vacation among alleged crimes
FOX 2 St. Louis
[{'start': '2.902', 'end': '10.676', 'text': "THE WEEKEND FOR A BIG SPIN.   >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US   FOR FOX. 2 NEWS AT 6. I'M ANDY   SURELY WASHINGTON FIRST ON   FOX, 2 NORTH COUNTY TOWNS ARE   FEELING THE FALLOUT AFTER A   TRUSTED OFFICIAL WAS INDICTED   FOR LOOTING CITY COFFERS. ALL   NEW AT 6 FOX TWO'S CHRIS HAYES   INVESTIGATES THE ALLEGED   DECEPTION. NOW SHAKING BOTH   TOWNS. WE SAW ANNUAL PAULINO   HAS APPEARED ON FOX 2 MANY   TIMES OVER THE YEARS,   ESPECIALLY WHEN HE WAS POLICE   CHIEF AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR   FOR BELL THE CITY, THE TOWN IN   WHICH HE'S NOW ACCUSED OF   STEALING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS   OF DOLLARS. THIS IS A VILLAGE   OF JUST OVER 1200 PEOPLE AND   HAS THE FEDERAL INDICTMENT   POINT OUT?   >> ABOUT 20% OF THE RESIDENTS   HERE FALL BELOW THE POVERTY   LINE. THERE.   >> GOOD PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN   THOSE COMMUNITIES, FEDERAL   PROSECUTOR, HOW GOLDSMITH OVER   800 CHARGES ON THE CITY'S   CREDIT CARD.   >> TO THIRD-PARTY VENDORS JUST   FOR HIS PERSONAL EXPENSES,   THINGS PLACES LIKE WALMART YOU   KNOW, PLACES THAT YOU AND I   WOULD CHAPTER ONE ALLEGED   CHARGE WAS FOR $3,956 AND   CHANGE PAYABLE TO CHEAP   CARIBBEAN VACATIONS. SHOCKING   RESIDENT ANGELA BROOKS. WHEN   YOU HEAR THINGS LIKE THAT,   THIS A LOT OF REVENUE THAT   WENT THROUGH COMMUNITY, A   TOTAL OF MORE THAN $313,000   ALLEGEDLY STOLEN FROM 2021 TO   2024.   >> ALI KNOWS FORMER DELTA CITY   POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOW   CLOSED. OFFICERS WALKED OFF   THE JOB LAST MARCH AS POLICE   SERVICES WERE CONTRACTED OUT   TO A DIFFERENT APARTMENT   BEFORE BREAKING   >> RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE   POLICE DEPARTMENT LEARNED A   LIVES NEARBY.   >> ALL THOSE CARS SITTING   THERE WITH WITH NOBODY WORKING   IN DEFENDANT. PAULINO IS   CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY THE CITY   OF HILLSDALE AS A POLICE   OFFICER.   >> THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS   ALSO CLOSED AND LOCKED WHEN WE   VISITED INSIDE HILLSDALE CITY   HALL ADMINISTRATOR SAID THEY   WERE UNAWARE OF THE INDICTMENT   AND HAD NO COMMENT. DEFENDANT   PAULINO ALSO TOLD ME HE COULD   NOT COMMENT. HE PLANS TO TURN   HIMSELF IN TO FEDERAL   AUTHORITIES FRIDAY. HIS   ATTORNEY SCOTT ROSENBLUM SAID   THEY'VE KNOWN FOR MONTHS ABOUT   THIS KNOW INTENIDSNV TESO TIPLGA"}]