Michael Maroney

In his third arrest in a year, former West Virginia State Sen. Dr. Michael Maroney is in jail – and will stay there until his next hearing – for violating his bond agreement that states he must attend and show the court proof of attending rehabilitation due to a DUI charge.

The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department arrested Maroney on Tuesday morning, and he is being held in Northern Regional Jail. According to Magistrate Zachary Allman’s office, Maroney will now remain jailed until his bond revocation hearing in April.

Allman informed Maroney at his most recent hearing on bond revocation and evidence suppression that he would be given five days from the time his bail was posted to enter a drug treatment program, either inpatient or outpatient, or his bond would be forfeited and reset.

Allman required Maroney to pay for his treatment himself.

At that hearing earlier this month, Allman denied a plea agreement that included a guilty plea to the disorderly conduct charges but a dismissal of the DUI and indecent exposure charges. Marshall County Prosecutor Joe Canestraro presented the proposed plea agreement to the court at the March hearing.

At the hearing, the state also made an argument that video evidence from the indecent exposure incident at Gumby’s should not be suppressed as there was “clearly” probable cause to attain the footage from Gumby’s and review it.

Maroney was previously charged with indecent exposure, disorderly conduct and driving under the influence as a result of two separate incidents in 2024.

The indecent exposure charge – which stemmed from an incident in August in which Maroney allegedly was caught by employees and on camera at Gumby’s in Glen Dale committing an act of sexual gratification – will be tried July 2 in Marshall County Magistrate Court.

The DUI charge came from a September incident in which Maroney allegedly committed several traffic violations. McMechen police officers pulled Maroney over and conducted a roadside investigation.

McMechen Police Chief Robert Shilling then arrested Maroney on suspicion of DUI.

The DUI charge will be tried at 9 a.m. April 30 in Marshall County Magistrate Court.