Substitute Teacher Pleads Guilty to First Degree Offering a False Instrument for Filing
New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced yesterday that Howard Eisenman entered a plea of guilty before Albany County Court Judge Thomas Breslin to offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree (class E felony). Eisenman is alleged to have made false statements about a prior manslaughter conviction to protect his job as a substitute teacher in the public schools. Eisenman is alleged to have made false statements about the facts and circumstances surrounding a prior conviction of manslaughter in a letter to the State Education Department. Eisenman allegedly falsely stated in the letter that the conviction resulted from the death of a passenger in car he had crashed into a tree in Long Island back in the 1970’s. Upon investigation into the prior conviction, it was discovered that Eisenman and another person were convicted of manslaughter for allegedly having recklessly caused the death of a two- year old girl by hitting her with their hands. Eisenman is scheduled to be sentenced in Albany County Court on April 14, 2009. Eisenman -who is 60 years old - faces a possible sentence of up to four years in state prison.
