Apr 07, 2025

St. Joseph woman convicted of drug, gun charges

Posted Apr 07, 2025 6:15 PM
Athena Rae Dawe/Buchanan County Jail photo
Athena Rae Dawe/Buchanan County Jail photo

By BRENT MARTIN

St. Joseph Post

A St. Joseph woman has been found guilty on drug and gun charges.

A Buchanan County jury has found 46-year-old Athena Rae Dawe guilty of possessing methamphetamine and unlawfully possessing a gun.

The Buchanan County Prosecutor’s office reports the jury found Dawe had meth in her possession when arrested while leaving the scene of a drug house during the serving of a search warrant. Dawe also had a .380 Ruger handgun on her.

Dawe is scheduled to be sentenced in May.

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