State Sen. Michael Maroney was allegedly driving erratically near Center McMechen Elementary during pickup time Monday before he was arrested on a DUI charge, according to a criminal complaint filed in Marshall County Magistrate Court.

Maroney pleaded not guilty Monday night to one count of DUI-drugs, one count of failure to maintain motor vehicle insurance and one count of expired motor vehicle registration following his arrest on those misdemeanor charges Monday afternoon. Bond was set at $5,000 and he was released after paying $500 in cash.

According to the criminal complaint filed by McMechen Police Chief Robert Shilling, Shilling was patrolling the school zone on Marshall Street at Center McMechen at 2:40 p.m. as parents lined up to pick up their children. He said he saw a black Lincoln SUV coming up Eighth Street and trying to make a right turn, motioned for the SUV to turn right and saw the driver accelerate quickly.

Shilling then said he saw another vehicle back out of a space by the fire department, then said he watched the SUV stop quickly and accelerate quickly again as the other vehicle was backing into the road.

According to the complaint, Shilling tried to stop the SUV, turning on his emergency lights and hitting his siren multiple times. Shilling said the SUV didn’t stop, turned onto Logan Street and nearly drove head-on into another car. The other car backed up, according to the complaint, and the SUV drove past it. Shilling hit his siren again and the SUV finally stopped.

Shilling said he approached the SUV and found Maroney driving. Maroney allegedly gave Shilling both an expired registration and proof of insurance from January 2023.

“Mr. Maroney was uncoordinated and speaking quickly, slurring his words,” Shilling said in the report.

When Shilling asked Maroney to get out of the vehicle, he said Maroney was unsteady and barefoot. He failed several field sobriety tests, Shilling said.

“I observed Mr. Maroney’s right nostril to be missing hair, redness with fresh blood and scabs and with a white residue,” Shilling said in the complaint.

Marshall County Sheriff K9 units searched the SUV, but found nothing, according to the complaint. Shilling gave Maroney a breathalyzer test, on which Maroney blew a .000. Shilling arrested Maroney on suspicion of DUI-drugs.

According to the complaint, Maroney refused a blood draw, so Shilling wrote up a search warrant that was signed by Marshall County Magistrate Zachary Allman. A blood sample was collected at WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital and Maroney was taken to Northern Regional Jail and was later arraigned.

Maroney has a pretrial hearing on the charges from Monday’s arrest scheduled for 2:15 p.m. Nov. 13. That same hearing will address the charges of indecent exposure and disorderly conduct stemming from his August arrest.

Following his August arrest – where he was accused of an “overt act of sexual gratification” in the video lottery room at the Glen Dale Gumby’s – Maroney was removed as chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Resources, as well as his other committee positions. West Virginia Senate President Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, did not have a comment Tuesday on Maroney’s latest arrest.

Maroney, a Marshall County Republican, was first elected to his state Senate in 2016 and re-elected in 2020. He was defeated in the 2024 primary by Monongalia County resident Chris Rose, and his current term will end Dec. 31.