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Extraction Summary
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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Document Information
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Federal court filing / indictment (case 1:19-cr-00830-at)
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Summary
This document is page 10 of a federal indictment against correctional officers Tova Noel and Michael Thomas. It details allegations that on the night of August 9-10 (the night of Jeffrey Epstein's death), the officers failed to perform mandatory institutional counts at 12 a.m., 3 a.m., and 5 a.m. in the Special Housing Unit (SHU). Instead, they allegedly falsified count slips stating the checks had been performed, which the Control Center relied upon.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Inmate |
Housed in the tier mentioned; subject of the custody supervision.
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| Michael Thomas | Defendant / Correctional Officer |
Replaced Officer-2 at 12 a.m.; accused of falsifying count slips and failing to perform counts.
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| Tova Noel | Defendant / Correctional Officer |
On duty in the SHU; accused of falsifying count slips and failing to perform counts.
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| Officer-1 | Correctional Officer |
Shift ended at approximately 10 p.m.
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| Officer-2 | Correctional Officer |
Replaced by Michael Thomas at approximately 12 a.m.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| MCC |
Metropolitan Correctional Center (implied); source of internal video surveillance.
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| SHU |
Special Housing Unit; location where defendants were on duty.
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| Control Center |
Facility operations center that cleared the counts based on falsified slips.
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| DOJ |
Department of Justice (indicated by Bates stamp DOJ-OGR).
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Timeline (5 events)
August 10, 12:00 a.m.
August 10, 12:49 a.m.
August 10, 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.
August 10, approx 12:00 a.m.
August 10, approx 6:30 a.m.
Time until which no correctional officer entered the tier where Epstein was housed.
SHU Tier
Correctional Officers
Jeffrey Epstein
Locations (2)
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Specific unit within the correctional facility where Epstein was housed.
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Correctional facility housing the SHU.
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Relationships (1)
Only two correctional officers on duty in the SHU; jointly falsified records.
Key Quotes (3)
"NOEL and THOMAS did not perform the 12 a.m. count."Source
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"NOEL and THOMAS completed and signed a count slip for the 12 a.m. count that falsely stated that the institutional count had been performed."Source
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Quote #2
"As confirmed by video from the MCC's internal video surveillance system, NOEL and THOMAS did not perform either the 3 a.m. or the 5 a.m. counts."Source
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Case 1:19-cr-00830-AT Document 1 Filed 11/19/19 Page 10 of 20
correctional officer, walked up to, let alone entered, the only entrance to the tier in which Epstein was housed until approximately 6:30 a.m. on August 10.
21. Officer-1's shift ended at approximately 10 p.m., and at approximately 12 a.m., MICHAEL THOMAS, the defendant, replaced Officer-2, joining TOVA NOEL, the defendant, as the only two correctional officers on duty in the SHU. NOEL and THOMAS were responsible for conducting the 12 a.m. institutional count in the SHU. As confirmed by video from the MCC's internal video surveillance system, NOEL and THOMAS did not perform the 12 a.m. count. Nonetheless, NOEL and THOMAS completed and signed a count slip for the 12 a.m. count that falsely stated that the institutional count had been performed. In reliance on that falsified count slip, at approximately 12:49 a.m., the Control Center cleared the 12 a.m. count.
22. TOVA NOEL and MICHAEL THOMAS, the defendants, were additionally responsible for conducting the 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. institutional counts in the SHU. As confirmed by video from the MCC's internal video surveillance system, NOEL and THOMAS did not perform either the 3 a.m. or the 5 a.m. counts. NOEL and THOMAS nonetheless completed and signed count slips for both counts that falsely stated that they had performed the 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. institutional counts. In reliance on those falsified count slips,
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