Event Details
August 09, 2019
Description
Noel and Officer-2 fail to perform 10 p.m. count but sign false slip.
Participants (2)
| Name | Type | Mentions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Officer-2 | person | 14 | View Entity |
| TOVA NOEL | person | 269 | View Entity |
Source Documents (2)
EFTA00009747.pdf
This document is an indictment filed on November 19, 2019, against correctional officers Tova Noel and Michael Thomas. It charges them with conspiracy and falsifying records for failing to perform required counts and rounds in the Special Housing Unit of the Metropolitan Correctional Center on the night of August 9-10, 2019, when inmate Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. The indictment details that the officers browsed the internet and slept instead of monitoring inmates, then signed false certifications stating checks had been completed.
EFTA00017915.pdf
This document is a federal indictment (19 Cr. 830) charging correctional officers Tova Noel and Michael Thomas with conspiracy and falsifying records related to the suicide of Jeffrey Epstein. The indictment alleges that on the night of August 9-10, 2019, the defendants failed to perform mandatory institutional counts and 30-minute rounds in the Special Housing Unit (SHU) of the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), instead sleeping and browsing the internet while Epstein committed suicide. The document details the specific falsified count slips submitted by the defendants and their verbal admissions of failure to a supervisor upon the discovery of Epstein's body.
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A status conference is scheduled for the parties to appear.
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TOVA NOEL and MICHAEL THOMAS did not perform any of the required 30-minute rounds during their shift between approximately 12 a.m. and 6:30 a.m.
Date unknown • SHU
NOEL completed and signed more than 75 separate 30-minute round entries falsely affirming that they had conducted such rounds.
Date unknown • SHU
For approximately two hours, NOEL and THOMAS sat at their desk without moving and appeared to have been asleep.
Date unknown • correctional officers' desk
NOEL used the computer periodically throughout the night to search the internet for furniture sales and benefit websites.
Date unknown • SHU common area
At approximately 4 a.m., the overnight supervisor briefly visited and conferred with NOEL and THOMAS.
Date unknown • SHU
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