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Hit-run Suspect Had Long Record: Boston Eliminated Background Check

A Boston Public Works Department employee accused of running down a 64-year-old woman with a city snowplow as she crossed a South Boston street had a long history of drug violations and driving infractions when the city hired him in 2005. But city officials never checked his record because of a new "second-chance" employment policy for criminal offenders. Records show that Joseph M. MacDonald, a 26-year-old South Boston resident who was suspended without pay Saturday after he allegedly fled the scene, had been convicted of illegal drug possession three times and had his driver's license suspended seven times for other infractions in the five years prior to his hiring by the city in September 2005.

City officials say the Mayor authorized a new policy two years ago eliminating questions about criminal convictions on all city job applications and dispensing with criminal background checks for applicants for jobs that don't involve working with children or the elderly or accessing residents' homes. "The mayor believes firmly in giving people a second chance," the spokeswoman, Dot Joyce, said yesterday.

City officials say that last month MacDonald received his commercial driver's license, which allowed him to operate heavy equipment unsupervised. Police are now seeking criminal charges.

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