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Shakeup At Mass. Sex Offender Registry Board

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick's administration has announced changes in the leadership of the state's Sex Offender Registry Board.

The administration confirmed on Wednesday that Saundra Edwards, the board's chairwoman, was relieved of duty on Wednesday and replaced by Anne Connors, an investigator with the state Department of Early Education and Care.

Meanwhile, the registry's executive director, Jeanne Holmes, was placed on administrative leave and Kevin Hayden, the agency's general counsel, will serve as interim executive director.

A spokesman for the state office of Public Safety, which oversees the board, declined to comment on the reasons for the shake-up, saying it was a personnel matter.

The registry maintains a data base of convicted sex offenders and classifies offenders by the danger they could pose to the public.

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