Robin Dunn (Bonneville County Jail).
A defense lawyer who spent 35 years as prosecutor in Idaho admitted to smuggling drugs into a county jail and “agreed that he abused a position of trust by using his position as an attorney to further his drug trafficking activities,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Robin Dwain Dunn, 69, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. Prosecutors say investigators with the Drug Enforcement Administration received information from several sources that there was an attorney bringing drugs into the Jefferson County Jail. The investigation would lead them to Dunn, the man who served as the county’s prosecutor. He was also accused of smuggling drugs through clients into the Bonneville County Jail.
Cops arrested Dunn on Feb. 18, 2023. He had more than 55 fentanyl pills on him and was with a client turned lover at the time, documents say. The East Idaho News reported someone called the Idaho Falls police to say there was a woman in the driver’s seat of a car who appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Dunn, who was in the passenger seat of the gar, reportedly identified himself as the woman’s lawyer. Cops took him to jail on local charges, but those were dismissed after he was indicted in federal court.
Feds recovered the woman’s cellphone, which apparently contained text messages between the two discussing going to Salt Lake City to buy drugs so they could bring them back to Idaho to distribute, per documents. The texts discussed profits and the client said she did not want to again get hooked on pills.
“I will always support you,” Dunn allegedly responded. “I don’t know why but you made me feel good about life. You will always be my baby doll.”
Cellphone data reportedly showed Dunn and the client making trips to Salt Lake City in October 2022 and November 2022 to obtain “large quantities of drugs,” prosecutors say. After returning, Dunn allegedly texted her “Luv the f— out of you” and “By the way. I’m glad you teach the rules to me.”
“Please don’t take my manhood in front of your homeies,” he allegedly wrote, misspelling a word referring to the woman’s friends. “I loved your couple of friends. Chew me out in private okay. Kisses!!”
Dunn and the client then worked to smuggle the drugs into the jail through inmates, according to documents. One of the inmates overdosed on fentanyl and it’s believed that it originated with the drugs introduced by Dunn. Sources from inside the jail said that Dunn solicited someone to intimidate or assault another inmate in the jail. He allegedly offered the person a motorcycle if he were to assault the inmate.
Agents recorded a conversation between Dunn and one of the inmates at the jail.
“Don’t flip. Don’t flip. Don’t flip. Cuz if you do then I gotta bust your f—— cranium,” he reportedly said.
Prosecutors are recommending he spend three-and-a-half years behind bars. He faces up to 20 years in prison, three years of probation and a $1 million fine. His attorney did not immediately return a call for comment. Sentencing is set for Oct. 7.
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