New Haven Attorney Who Brought Papers Laced With Drugs To Clients In RI Jail Loses License: Feds

NEW HAVEN, CT — A New Haven attorney who had visited clients in a Rhode Island detention center in 2023 and made "false statements" to jailers has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with federal authorities and agreed to surrender his license to practice law, according to RI Acting U.S. Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

Jonathan J, Einhorn, 75, of New Haven, "admits that there is sufficient evidence to convict him of violating federal law," but instead of a federal criminal prosecution, agreed to surrender his license for 10 years, prosecutors said.

According to an Agreed Statement of Facts, in May 2023, Einhorn visited with several clients detained at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls, RI.

The Justice Department said, as he entered the facility, Einhorn "signed and dated a document certifying that he was aware that it is unlawful to bring weapons or contraband of any type into the facility and/or to pass the same to any detainee."

According to Bloom, a "Wyatt Correctional Officer stationed in the lobby asked, 'Are you gonna be passing anything to the detainees today?' Einhorn responded, 'No, not today.'"

According to the Statement of Facts, the Wyatt’s Professional Standards Unit saw Einhorn pass paperwork to at least two of the detainees he met. PSU seized the paperwork from one of the detainees and found that eight pages were discolored and highly stained. The paperwork was sent to an FBI Laboratory for testing and was shown to be contaminated with synthetic cannabinoids, which are Schedule I Controlled Substances.

According to the Deferred Prosecution Agreement, if Einhorn fulfills all the requirements of the Deferred Prosecution Agreement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office will file a dismissal of the Information after 18 months.

Read the full agreement here:

DOJ EINHORN Deferred Prosecution Agreement by Ellyn Santiago

The case is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Paul F. Daly, Jr.

The matter was investigated by the Wyatt Detention Center’s Professional Standards Unit and the FBI.