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People
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Indictment (legal court document)
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Summary
This document is the first page of a federal indictment filed on November 19, 2019, against correctional officers Tova Noel and Michael Thomas. It alleges that on August 10, 2019 (the date of Jeffrey Epstein's death, though he is not named in this specific text), the defendants failed to perform mandated prisoner counts in the Special Housing Unit (SHU) of the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC). Instead, they allegedly browsed the internet and falsified records to make it appear they had conducted the required rounds.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Tova Noel | Defendant / Correctional Officer |
Charged with dereliction of duties and signing false certifications at the MCC.
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| Michael Thomas | Defendant / Correctional Officer |
Charged with dereliction of duties and signing false certifications at the MCC.
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| Judge Torres | Judge |
Name stamped at the top of the document, likely the presiding judge assigned.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| United States District Court Southern District of New York | ||
| United States of America | ||
| Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) | ||
| Department of Justice (DOJ) |
Inferred from footer 'DOJ-OGR'
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Timeline (2 events)
August 10, 2019
Failure to perform mandated prisoner counts and falsification of records.
Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), Special Housing Unit (SHU)
Locations (3)
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Jurisdiction
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Prison facility where the alleged crimes occurred
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Specific unit within the MCC where the defendants were assigned
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Relationships (1)
Listed together as defendants and correctional officers on duty during the same shift.
Key Quotes (4)
"repeatedly failed to perform mandated counts of prisoners under their watch in the MCC’s Special Housing Unit (“SHU”)."Source
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"Instead, for substantial portions of their shifts, NOEL and THOMAS sat at their desk, browsed the internet, and moved around the common area of the SHU."Source
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"NOEL and THOMAS repeatedly signed false certifications attesting to having conducted multiple counts of inmates when, in truth and in fact, they never conducted such counts."Source
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Quote #3
"no correctional officer conducted any count or round of the SHU from approximately 10:30"Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (1,282 characters)
Case 1:19-cr-00830-AT Document 1 Filed 11/19/19 Page 1 of 20
JUDGE TORRES
JUDGE TORRES
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
ORIGINAL
INDICTMENT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
: 19 Cr
- v. -
: 19 CRIM 830
TOVA NOEL and
MICHAEL THOMAS,
MICHAEL THOMAS,
:
:
Defendants.
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INTRODUCTION
1. On or about August 10, 2019, TOVA NOEL and MICHAEL
THOMAS, the defendants, in dereliction of their duties as
correctional officers at the Metropolitan Correctional Center
(“MCC”), repeatedly failed to perform mandated counts of prisoners
under their watch in the MCC’s Special Housing Unit (“SHU”).
Instead, for substantial portions of their shifts, NOEL and THOMAS
sat at their desk, browsed the internet, and moved around the
common area of the SHU. To conceal their failure to perform their
duties, NOEL and THOMAS repeatedly signed false certifications
attesting to having conducted multiple counts of inmates when, in
truth and in fact, they never conducted such counts. As a result
of those false statements, the MCC believed prisoners in the SHU
were being regularly monitored and accounted for when, in fact, as
a result of the defendants’ conduct, no correctional officer
conducted any count or round of the SHU from approximately 10:30
THOMAS, the defendants, in dereliction of their duties as
correctional officers at the Metropolitan Correctional Center
(“MCC”), repeatedly failed to perform mandated counts of prisoners
under their watch in the MCC’s Special Housing Unit (“SHU”).
Instead, for substantial portions of their shifts, NOEL and THOMAS
sat at their desk, browsed the internet, and moved around the
common area of the SHU. To conceal their failure to perform their
duties, NOEL and THOMAS repeatedly signed false certifications
attesting to having conducted multiple counts of inmates when, in
truth and in fact, they never conducted such counts. As a result
of those false statements, the MCC believed prisoners in the SHU
were being regularly monitored and accounted for when, in fact, as
a result of the defendants’ conduct, no correctional officer
conducted any count or round of the SHU from approximately 10:30
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