November 19, 2019
By Jessica McBride
...The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (click here) and other officials announced on November 19, 2019 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 of the Metropolitan Correctional Center… a Manhattan detention facility that houses federal inmates.”
U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said in a news release, “As alleged, the defendants had a duty to ensure the safety and security of federal inmates in their care at the Metropolitan Correctional Center. Instead, they repeatedly failed to conduct mandated checks on inmates, and lied on official forms to hide their dereliction.”...
