Velda City Police Chief Daniel Paulino (right) talks with another officer as St. Louis County Police investigate the scene of a domestic disturbance that escalated into a police officer and a suspect exchanging gunfire in the 2200 block of Lucas and Hunt Road in Velda City on Monday, May 22, 2017. According to police the suspect fled the scene and was found hiding in a trash container. When police opened the lid of the container, the suspect shot himself in the head, police said. In the original exchange of gunfire, the police officer sustained a minor gunshot wound to his leg. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
St. Louis police Lt. Roger Engelhardt (left) with the force investigative unit talks with Velda City Police chief Daniel Paulino (center right) as St. Louis city police investigate the scene of a shooting on Potomac Street just west of South Spring Avenue in St. Louis on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. The shooting happened about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Years into a scheme that had netted him some $250,000 in taxpayer money, Dan Paulino, who served as Velda City's former police chief and city administrator, knew investigators were closing in.
A case has been dropped against a Hillsdale employee who hit and seriously injured a Fox 2 photojournalist with a city truck after a grand jur…
Velda City Police Chief Daniel Paulino (right) talks with another officer as St. Louis County Police investigate the scene of a domestic disturbance that escalated into a police officer and a suspect exchanging gunfire in the 2200 block of Lucas and Hunt Road in Velda City on Monday, May 22, 2017. According to police the suspect fled the scene and was found hiding in a trash container. When police opened the lid of the container, the suspect shot himself in the head, police said. In the original exchange of gunfire, the police officer sustained a minor gunshot wound to his leg. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
St. Louis police Lt. Roger Engelhardt (left) with the force investigative unit talks with Velda City Police chief Daniel Paulino (center right) as St. Louis city police investigate the scene of a shooting on Potomac Street just west of South Spring Avenue in St. Louis on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. The shooting happened about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
