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Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging federal correctional officers TOVA NOEL and MICHAEL THOMAS with making false records and conspiring to make false records and to defraud the United States by impairing the lawful functions

ants Never Did in the Special Housing Unit on the Night Inmate Jeffiwy Epstein Committed Suicide Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Guido Modano, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, New York Field Office ("DOJ OIG"), and William

Case 1:19-cr-00830-AT Document 59 Filed 05/2 5 26sdecraW UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK United States of America v. Tova Noel, Defendant. TO: TOVA NOEL DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: DATE FILED: 5/25/2021 Deferred Prosecution Agreement 19 Cr. 830 (AT) On Nove

1001. However, after a thorough investigation, and based on the facts of this case and your personal circumstances, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York ("USAO-SDNY") has determined that the interests of justice will best be served by deferring prosecution in this District. Upon your acceptance of r

ly that the two prison officers responsible for the SHU area during the night of August 9 and early morning hours of August 10 — Michael Thomas and Tova Noel — did not conduct any of the required institutional "counts" at 12 a.m., 3 a.m., and 5 a.m., nor did they conduct most of the "rounds" they were re

Visit of Attorney General William P. Barr United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York October 10, 2019 MCC-Epstein Investigation andWIMiwill present on err investigation o e events at t e e ropo an Correctional Center on Augus

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK INDICTMENT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TOVA NOEL, and MICHAEL THOMAS, Defendants. X The Grand Jury charges: INTRODUCTION 1. On or about August 10, 2019, TOVA NOEL and MICHAEL THOMAS, the def

T UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TOVA NOEL, and MICHAEL THOMAS, Defendants. X The Grand Jury charges: INTRODUCTION 1. On or about August 10, 2019, TOVA NOEL and MICHAEL THOMAS, the defendants, while on duty as correctional officers at the Manhattan Correctional Center ("MCC"), repeatedly chose not to d

Epstein was incarcerated at the MCC between his arrest on July 6, 2019, and his suicide on August 10, 2019. Epstein was detained pending trial in the Southern District of New York on sex trafficking charges. THE MCC AND INSTITUTIONAL COUNTS 6. The MCC, which houses approximately 750 inmates at any time, assigns inmates to v

paragraphs 1 through X of this Indictment as though fully set forth herein. 31. On or about August 9, 2019, in the Southern District of New York, TOVA NOEL, the defendant, willfully and knowingly did make and use a false writing or document knowing the same to contain a materially false, fictitious, an

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK INDICTMENT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TOVA NOEL and MICHAEL THOMAS, Defendants. X The Grand Jury charges: INTRODUCTION 1. On or about August 10, 2019, TOVA NOEL and MICHAEL THOMAS, the defe

NT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TOVA NOEL and MICHAEL THOMAS, Defendants. X The Grand Jury charges: 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"), repea

es the allegations contained in paragraphs 1 through 27 of this Indictment as though fully set forth herein. 38. On or about August 10, 2019, in the Southern District of New York, TOVA NOEL and MICHAEL THOMAS, the defendants, willfully and knowingly did make and use a false writing or document knowing the same to contain a m

r of nolle prosequi against Epstein. See Nolle Prosequi, Dkt. No. 52, United States v. Epstein, No. 19 Cr. 490 (RMB) (S.D.N.Y.). The Prosecution of Tova Noel and Michael Thomas 9. As alleged in the Noel Indictment, Thomas and Tova Noel were correctional officers on duty at the SHU on August 9-10, 2019,

paragraphs 1 through 27 of this Indictment as though fully set forth herein. 32. On or about August 9, 2019, in the Southern District of New York, TOVA NOEL, the defendant, willfully and knowingly did make and use a false writing or document knowing the same to contain a materially false, fictitious, an

leave the premises. (Title 18, United States Code, Section 1201(c).) COUNT TEN The Grand Jury further charges: 14. On or about April 11, 2016, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, NICHOLAS TARTAGLIONE, the defendant, and others known and unknown, unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly did seize, confine, inveigle

r of nolle prosequi against Epstein. See Nolle Prosequi, Dkt. No. 52, United States v. Epstein, No. 19 Cr. 490 (RMB) (S.D.N.Y.). The Prosecution of Tova Noel and Michael Thomas 9. As alleged in the Noel Indictment, Thomas and Tova Noel were correctional officers on duty at the SHU on August 9-10, 2019,

paragraphs 1 through 27 of this Indictment as though fully set forth herein. 32. On or about August 9, 2019, in the Southern District of New York, TOVA NOEL, the defendant, willfully and knowingly did make and use a false writing or document knowing the same to contain a materially false, fictitious, an

leave the premises. (Title 18, United States Code, Section 1201(c).) COUNT TEN The Grand Jury further charges: 14. On or about April 11, 2016, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, NICHOLAS TARTAGLIONE, the defendant, and others known and unknown, unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly did seize, confine, inveigle

pstein was incarcerated at the MCC between his arrest on July 6, 2019, and his suicide on August 10, 2019. Epstein was detained pending trial in the Southern District of New York on sex trafficking charges. THE MCC AND INSTITUTIONAL COUNTS 6. The MCC, which houses approximately 750 inmates at any given time, assigns inmate

paragraphs 1 through 27 of this Indictment as though fully set forth herein. 32. On or about August 9, 2019, in the Southern District of New York, TOVA NOEL, the defendant, willfully and knowingly did make and use a false writing or document knowing the same to contain a materially false, fictitious, an

attan, according to a source. As captain, Darden oversees lieutenants and correctional officers at MCC. Among those under his command were Officers Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, who are accused of sleeping on the job and falsifying records the night of Epstein's death. A source doubted that Darden was at

e defendants engaged in this conduct not for the love of the sport, and certainly not out of concern for the horses, but for money," US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman said Monday. "And it was the racehorses that paid the price for the defendants' unbridled greed." Prosecutors alleged the internati

attan, according to a source. As captain, Darden oversees lieutenants and correctional officers at MCC. Among those under his command were Officers Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, who are accused of sleeping on the job and falsifying records the night of Epstein's death. A source doubted that Darden was at

e defendants engaged in this conduct not for the love of the sport, and certainly not out of concern for the horses, but for money," US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman said Monday. "And it was the racehorses that paid the price for the defendants' unbridled greed." Prosecutors alleged the internati