EFTA00013389.pdf

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This document is an internal 'Case-Related Urgent' report dated May 20, 2021, detailing the USAO-SDNY's decision to offer deferred prosecution agreements to correctional officers Tova Noel and Michael Thomas. The officers were previously indicted for falsifying records on the night of Jeffrey Epstein's suicide in August 2019. The agreement requires them to admit guilt, perform community service, and cooperate with the Office of Inspector General's investigation into the institutional failures at the MCC.

People (3)

Name Role Context
Tova Noel Defendant / Correctional Officer
Former BOP MCC officer charged with making false statements; offered deferred prosecution agreement.
Michael Thomas Defendant / Correctional Officer
Former BOP MCC officer charged with making false statements; offered deferred prosecution agreement.
Jeffrey Epstein Inmate / Deceased
Committed suicide on Aug 10, 2019, while housed in the Special Housing Unit at the MCC.

Timeline (4 events)

2019-08-09
Falsification of institutional count and round forms by defendants.
Manhattan Correctional Center
2019-08-10
Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide.
Special Housing Unit at the MCC
2019-11-14
USAO-SDNY obtained indictment against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas.
SDNY
2021-05-21
Planned filing of public letter notifying Court of deferred prosecution acceptance.
SDNY
USAO-SDNY Court

Relationships (3)

Tova Noel Co-defendants / Co-workers Michael Thomas
Both employed at MCC, charged together, both offered deferred prosecution agreements.
Jeffrey Epstein Inmate / Guard Tova Noel
Noel was on duty the night Epstein committed suicide.
Jeffrey Epstein Inmate / Guard Michael Thomas
Thomas was on duty the night Epstein committed suicide.

Key Quotes (4)

"The USAO-SDNY plans to offer deferred prosecution agreements to two correctional officers, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas"
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"These charges... stem from the correctional officers' falsification of institutional count and round forms on the night that Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide."
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"After discovering Epstein's body, the defendants admitted to their supervisor that they had failed to conduct at least some of the required counts and rounds."
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"The falsification of records occurred prior to their discovery of Epstein's body."
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