Tuesday: Dubay expects to face cocaine charge

The attorney for KFAN Radio personality Jeff Dubay said he expects his client to be charged today in Ramsey County District Court with possessing a small amount of cocaine.

Dubay was arrested last Wednesday night after his car was pulled over in Maplewood. Incorrect reports as to what charges he could face appeared on a news website, indicating a connection to methamphetamine. At least one television report also mentioned Dubay in connection with meth.

"On behalf of Mr. Dubay we're relieved that the formal charges will be brought forward so all the misinformation that was swirling in the press can be clarified and dispelled," said Mark D. Kelly, a St. Paul-based attorney. "I think there was a lot of distress when the allegations regarding methamphetamine and the misinformation on [the] website was posted that this was something that it wasn't. People relied on that to their detriment and to Jeff's detriment."

Kelly said Dubay would have no comment Tuesday.

The incorrect information linked Dubay to a crime that, according to Kelly, carries with it a presumptive prison sentence and involves six or more grams of something that could include methamphetamine.

Dubay was arrested on suspicion of a fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance, which is a felony. Dubay could end up in a pretrial diversion program, meaning the matter would stand to be dismissed after 12 months without any criminal conviction on his record provided he complies with the conditions the court imposes.

Dubay, who has co-hosted the "PA & Dubay show" with Paul Allen on KFAN (1130 AM) since 1998, has not been on the air since his arrest and is on a leave from the station. Dubay also does work on Gophers men's hockey games for FSN North but did not appear last weekend. He was off the KFAN airwaves for an extended period this summer.

Executives from the Clear Channel-owned station have had no comment about Dubay's job status. Allen did read a statement about his co-host Monday morning that essentially expressed his support.

If the charges are filed against Dubay, the next step will be for a court date to be set. He likely will appear before a judge in the next few weeks in Ramsey County District Court.

"We will respond to the charges in due course," Kelly said. "There were multiple media outlet sources that got this story wrong and repeated it incorrectly. It was basically one source and that was somebody who had misread the Minnesota statute with regards what was put on the [Ramsey County] booking website."