Bradford woman pleads guilty to conspiring to sell cocaine after McKean County raid
Dawn Buterbaugh admitted to conspiring to deliver cocaine multiple times and to endangering a child; sentencing is set for October.
At a Sept. 11, 2026 plea conference, Dawn Buterbaugh pleaded guilty to Conspiracy Drug Delivery for conspiring with David Dickinson to deliver cocaine five times between November and January in amounts ranging from .56 gram to 12.18 grams, and to Endangering the Welfare of a Child; she will be sentenced in October. Dickinson previously pled guilty in two cases to multiple felonies including Delivery of a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Firearm by Persons Not to Possess, Dealing in Unlawful Proceeds, and Possession of a Controlled Substance by an Inmate; he will also be sentenced in October. Detectives Kolin Strawcutter and Seth Shephard of the McKean County Drug Task Force led the investigation; the District Attorney’s Office asks anyone with information on illegal drug activity to contact Chief County Detective Ryan Yingling at (814) 887-3312 or McKeanDA.org.