Personal Troubles
On October 15, 2008, Dubay was arrested in Maplewood for felony possession of a controlled substance. The arrest booking documents state the initial charge was, "Felony Possession Controlled Substance " and further references, "Statute Referenced Drugs - Sale More Than 2 Packages or Greater Than 6 Grams Methamphetamine Precursor Drugs". According to the county jail's website, Dubay was released without being charged, pending further investigation. After the arrest he was placed on leave from KFAN and Gopher Hockey duties on Fox Sports. Later was charged with crack cocaine possession
On October 24, 2008 KFAN terminated Dubay. All references to him on the station's website were subsequently removed.
On January 12, 2010, he was sentenced to six months in jail for failing to abide by the terms of his probation. According to the court, he failed a number of drug tests.
On July 11th, 2012, Dubay did his first public interview since his drug abuse problems, he appeared on the WCCO radio "Chad Hartman show" Dubay claims he has been free from drugs since March 2011 and is now sober
On January 11, 2013, ESPN 1500 announced that Dubay would begin co-hosting a show with Judd Zulgad weekdays from 9 a.m to noon.
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