Two jail guards charged in connection to Jeffrey Epstein's death, sources say

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BREAKING: 2 jail guards taken into custody and charged in connection to the investigation of the prison death of Jeffrey Epstein, senior law enforcement official tells NBCNews.

in his case alleged that he sought minors, some as young as 14, from at least 2002 through 2005 and paid them hundreds of dollars in cash for sex at either his Manhattan townhouse or his estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to procuring a person younger than 18 for prostitution and felony solicitation of prostitution. He served a 13-month sentence in a Florida county jail and was granted a federal non-prosecution agreement. Epstein, 66, was found dead in his downtown Manhattan federal jail cell Aug. 10 as a result of suicide.Uma Sanghvi / Palm Beach Post via Reuters fileat the time of his death despite a possible attempt weeks earlier, multiple people familiar with the investigation told NBC News.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr, who ordered the reassignment of Metropolitan Correctional Center's warden and the leave of the two guards following the financier’s death,

 

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