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July 25, 2010 | Spotlight Follow-up

Evidence of insider job deals at agency

Probation chief may have swayed hirings

By Scott Allen and Thomas Farragher

 |  Globe Staff  

  July 25, 2010

The independent counsel investigating the Massachusetts Probation Department has found strong evidence that suspended commissioner John J. O’Brien manipulated his agency’s hiring and promotion process to advance applicants with insider support.

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