A federal judge in New York on Monday dismissed charges against two Bureau of Prison guards who admitted to falsifying records on the night Jeffrey Epstein died.
US District Court Judge Analisa Torres ordered the charges dropped against guards Tova Noel and Michael Thomas after prosecutors said in a filing last week that the guards completed deferred prosecution agreements signed in May.
Noel and Thomas were charged for falling asleep and surfing the Internet that night rather than checking on Epstein every 30 minutes, and they acknowledged having falsified records to make it seem they were monitoring Epstein properly.
A letter from the federal prosecutors filed in court papers also revealed that the guards agreed to provide truthful information related to their employment by the Bureau of Prisons, including events and circumstances described in the indictment.
Meanwhile, the US Attorney General at the time, William Barr, had been angered that a high-profile inmate like Epstein was able to kill himself while in federal custody.
In a statement, Noah’s lawyer Jason Foy said the case was managed differently by the US Government because of Epstein’s infamous status and said his client cooperated both by providing insight into the toxic culture and subpar training, staffing shortages, and dysfunctional management of the now-closed jail.