On September 25, 2025, at 3:53 A.M., a Dakota County Sheriff’s Deputy was on routine patrol northbound on Northfield Boulevard near 210th Street in Hampton Township, Dakota County, Minnesota, when a southbound vehicle passed him. The deputy ran a check and confirmed that the registered owner, defendant Timothy Joseph Gobely, had warrants out for his arrest. The deputy turned his patrol car around to stop the vehicle. The deputy activated his patrol car’s emergency lights, and the vehicle slowed down and turned onto Caneff Road.
Once on Caneff Road the vehicle veered off the road and down a hill where it eventually came to a stop. The deputy ordered the driver to exit the vehicle and show his hands. When the driver exited the vehicle, the deputy recognized him as the defendant and asked him if his Minnesota driving privileges were still cancelled for being Inimical to Public Safety and the defendant replied in the affirmative. When the deputy got closer to the defendant, he observed that the defendant’s pupils were constricted and non-responsive to light.
The defendant told the deputy that he was headed home, and the deputy pointed out to the defendant that he was not headed home, but in the opposite direction of his home. The deputy had the defendant perform some field sobriety tests, some of which he passed, some of which he failed. A sunglass case was found on the ground by the patrol car. Inside of the case were multiple needles, a methamphetamine pipe, and a plastic bag containing a white crystal substance. The white crystal substance was preliminarily tested at the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension laboratory, and the test indicated the presence of methamphetamine and the net weight was 27.036 grams.
The bag containing the methamphetamine was fingerprinted, but no latent fingerprints suitable for further examination were obtained from the bag. The window on the passenger side of the defendant’s vehicle was open. The deputy obtained a search warrant for a sample of the defendant’s blood or urine and read him the Minnesota Implied Consent Advisory. The defendant said that he understood the advisory but would not provide a sample of his blood or urine for testing. After being advised of his Miranda rights, the defendant denied throwing the sunglass case out the 3 19HA-CR-26-415 Filed in District Court State of Minnesota 3/25/2026 car window and admitted knowing it was a crime to refuse to provide a sample of his blood or urine for testing.
