Former prosecutor Robin Dunn gets plea deal on drug trafficking charges

IDAHO FALLS — A erstwhile Jefferson County charismatic is expected to plead blameworthy aft being indicted connected national supplier charges past year.

According to a plea statement revenge Tuesday, Robin Dunn, 68, has agreed to plead blameworthy to count 1 successful his indictment, conspiracy to administer fentanyl and methamphetamine, successful return for nan prosecution agreeing to driblet each different counts and urge a condemnation of 42 months, aliases 3 and a half years, successful prison.

Possible punishments for nan crime see up to 20 years successful prison, astatine slightest 3 years of supervised release, and a maximum good of $1 million.

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Dunn initially pleaded not blameworthy aft being indicted successful September connected 1 national count of conspiracy to administer fentanyl and methamphetamine, 2 counts of possession pinch nan intent to administer fentanyl and methamphetamine and 1 count of distribution of methamphetamine.

According to a September 2023 news merchandise from nan U.S. Attorney’s office, from June 2022 to Feb. 19, 2023, “Dunn conspired pinch others to administer fentanyl and methamphetamine successful eastbound Idaho.”

The indictment says Dunn “knowingly and intentionally possessed fentanyl and methamphetamine, intending to administer it to others” successful October and November 2022.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office of Idaho says it does not person a remark connected nan lawsuit astatine this clip but will apt remark erstwhile Dunn’s blameworthy plea is entered.

EastIdahoNews.com has contacted Dunn’s attorneys but has not received a response. We will update if we perceive back.

A alteration of plea proceeding has not yet been scheduled.

Dunn admits to supplier trafficking, conspiracy to get narcotics into nan Bonneville County Jail

The plea statement says Dunn admits that he, on pinch 3 unnamed co-conspirators, agreed to “distribute controlled substances.”

Dunn traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah, aggregate times pinch nan co-conspirators to get fentanyl and methamphetamine and bring them backmost to Idaho to distribute.

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The statement says Dunn “caused fentanyl to beryllium distributed into a correctional installation (the Bonneville County Jail)” to 1 of nan co-conspirators, who was an inmate and ineligible customer of his.

“(Dunn) agrees he abused a position of spot by utilizing his position arsenic an lawyer to further his supplier trafficking activities,” says nan plea agreement.

Background

Dunn was arrested connected Feb. 17, 2023 aft officers were called to nan Shari’s parking batch successful Idaho Falls astir 8:45 p.m. for a study that a female had been “nodding off” successful nan edifice and looked to beryllium nether nan power of intoxicant aliases drugs.

They said she was now successful a car pinch a man successful nan parking lot, and they were worried that she would effort to drive. Police arrived astatine nan edifice and recovered nan car running.

They identified nan driver arsenic Vivian Exler and nan rider arsenic Dunn. Court records show Dunn was primitively Exler’s attorney, but since his arrest, he was removed from her case.

Dunn had astir 60 counterfeit pills, commonly known arsenic “dirty thirties,” which incorporate fentanyl, according to Idaho Falls Police Department spokesperson Jessica Clements.

Dunn during his preliminary proceeding successful September 2023. | Kaitlyn Hart, EastIdahoNews.com

He besides allegedly had 8 Xanax pills and 4 Alprazolam pills, which are controlled substances and require a prescription.

During Dunn’s preliminary hearing, Officer Matthew Matherly pinch nan Idaho Falls Police Department said though nan wrong of nan car was clean, location were aggregate items of supplier paraphernalia retired successful nan open.

“The conveyance was comparatively clean, location wasn’t junk aliases clutter aliases thing of that nature, but connected nan floorboard down nan driver’s seat, I saw a reddish straw pinch a burnt end, on pinch a rotation of aluminum foil successful nan container connected nan rear rider broadside of nan vehicle,” said Matherly. “Both of those items are indicators to maine of narcotics use.”

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Other officers said that during a later hunt of nan car, they recovered a cheque made retired to Exler from Dunn for a full of $7,900.

Dunn refused to consent to a hunt and identified himself arsenic a lawyer. Mathery past patted him down and discovered packaged Narcan successful his near beforehand garment pocket. Narcan is simply a medicine utilized to reverse an opioid overdose.

Officers yet were capable to hunt Dunn aft telling him he would beryllium going to jailhouse and would person further charges if he sewage location and was recovered pinch forbidden substances.

Matherly says they recovered a straw and burnt tin foil successful his pants pouch and aggregate baggies of fentanyl pills aliases “dirty 30s”, on pinch a bluish medicine vessel containing Xanax, successful his boot.

He posted bail and was released connected Feb. 20.

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The section charges were later dismissed, and Dunn was indicted federally. He was past arrested for a 2nd clip astatine his location successful Rigby by national agents pinch nan U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and booked into nan Cassia County Jail.

Dunn was nan metropolis lawyer for Roberts and Ririe until March 2023. He served arsenic nan Rigby City Attorney for astir 3 decades earlier stepping down successful 2022.

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He worked arsenic nan Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney for 34 years earlier retiring successful 2016.