By Syndicated Content
By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) â Two Manhattan jail guards who were on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein killed himself admitted to falsifying records but would avoid prison under an agreement with U.S. prosecutors to resolve criminal charges.
Tova Noel and Michael Thomas had been accused of falling asleep and surfing the internet when they should have been monitoring Epstein on Aug. 10, 2019, when the financier and registered sex offender was found hanging in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Manhattan.
Under a deferred prosecution agreement disclosed late on Friday, Noel and Thomas admitted to having âwillfully and knowinglyâ filled out documents claiming they had conducted regular checks in the housing unit where Epstein was being held.