Sex offender working for Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles has been fired

A sex offender who was hired by the state to work for the RMV has been fired the Herald has learned Leonard Shuster a registered sex offender in Florida who moved up to Massachusetts after serving more than a decade behind bars was hired by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation agency earlier this year The -year-old customer amenity rep at the Registry of Motor Vehicles who had an annual salary of started with the agency in March Then a minimal months later Shuster was placed on paid administrative leave before being fired Leonard Shuster was hired in March by the RMV to process truck company applications for the Truck Safety Devices project MassDOT explained in a message to the Herald He did not interact with the general general in this role MassDOT placed him on administrative leave and he has since been terminated the state agency added A previous listing for a customer function rep job with the RMV listed that an applicant must pass a criminal background check and a driver s license check Shuster was paid through Oct according to state payroll records He had taken home this year Shuster has several convictions on his record according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement s sex offender flyer His convictions include traveling to meet a minor to commit an unlawful sexual offense using the internet to solicit attempt solicit etc a child for sex lewdness sending child pornography and soliciting possessing controlling or intentionally viewing child pornography In he received a -year prison sentence after pleading guilty in connection with traveling to Florida to have sex with a mother and her -year-old daughter according to The Danbury News-Times Police pretended to be the woman online and detectives busted him in the sex sting His preponderance fresh address is in Stoughton according to the Florida sex offender database Shuster is not listed on the Massachusetts sex offender registry website The Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board declined to comment on Shuster but the agency provided information about SORB s process In Massachusetts sex offenders are classified as Level low threat or danger Level moderate exposure or danger or Level high pitfall and danger following an assessment and hearing process Information on Level offenders and Level offenders classified after July is available to the community through SORB s website When an offender intends to move from another state into Massachusetts the offender is required to notify their local sex offender registry SORB explained in a announcement That sex offender registry would then send notice to the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board An offender must register within two days of moving into the state the agency added At that time SORB will determine if the sex offender s out-of-state conviction is one that would require registration in the Commonwealth If so the sex offender is subject to the registration and classification process at that point If a sex offender does not register punishments for first-time violations include between six months and years in jail and a max of five years in state prison Related Articles Editorial Boston parents deserve answers on sex offender hire Steamed Boston city councilor decries politics for canceling hearing after Level sex offender hire NH cop arrested and charged with child pornography Sex offender convicted for sexually assaulting child was on the Boston City Hall payroll Back in the RMV was under fire for allowing dangerous drivers on the roads in the wake of a fatal biker crash The RMV failed to pull Volodymyr Zhukovskyy s commercial driver s license after he was arrested on an OUI charge in Connecticut more than a month before the deadly crash in New Hampshire Seven members of the Jarheads Motorcycle Club were killed in the crash Registrar Erin Deveney resigned as details of the fatal oversight emerged If you have a news tip send it to newstips bostonherald com