|Photo by Emma Delk| Former State Sen. Dr. Michael Maroney addresses Marshall County Magistrate Zachary Allman during the Tuesday, April 1, bond revocation hearing.

Marshall County Magistrate Zachary Allman on Tuesday revoked former State Sen. Dr. Michael Maroney’s bond on charges of indecent exposure, disorderly conduct and driving under the influence during a bond revocation hearing at the Marshall County Courthouse.

As a result of Allman’s ruling, Maroney’s bond will be reset to $1,500, which he must pay personally, cash-only. Allman set new bond conditions during the hearing, including that Maroney must be released to inpatient rehabilitation once he posts the bond.

Upon completing the rehab program at the facility, Maroney will be placed on pretrial release through probation and placed on home confinement through the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office with random drug testing inspections.

Maroney’s previous bond conditions due to the DUI charge were that he had five days after he posted bail to enter a drug treatment program in an inpatient or outpatient facility and provide the court proof of this, or his bond would be forfeited and reset.

Maroney’s failure to abide by these former bond conditions and show proof of attending rehab resulted in his arrest on Tuesday, March 25. Maroney remained in Northern Regional Jail until the bond revocation hearing on Tuesday, April 1.

Allman said he set these new bond conditions for Maroney because he had “flat-out” refused to abide by bond conditions that had been “lawfully set in this court on multiple occasions.”

“We’re not here to determine whether or not bond conditions are appropriate but whether or not they were followed and they simply were not followed again,” Allman said during Tuesday’s hearing.

Allman’s new bond conditions were in line with the additional bond conditions that Marshall County Prosecutor Joe Canestraro stated Maroney should have during the hearing. Canestraro said he believed Maroney should have more conditions placed on him due to his past failures to abide by prior bond conditions.

“Pre-trial home incarceration is not punishment,” Canestraro noted. “I don’t want to use harsh words, but he’s thumbing his nose at all of us and saying, ‘I’m above everybody. I’m not going to listen to what I’m told to do.'”

Before Allman made a decision regarding his bond at the hearing, Maroney addressed the magistrate for the first time in court and stated his regret that he and his case were “still in this position.”

“This has been the hardest seven days of my life,” Maroney said when referring to his time at Northern Regional Jail. “It was not my intention to throw my nose up at anything to make myself sound better than others.”

Maroney expressed his willingness to attend rehab “if that’s what it takes to please the court.”

“It’s one of these situations where I do respectfully disagree with the court with respect to needing rehabilitation, but I’m more than happy to take the bullet and go for it,” he said. “I will do that if that’s what the court wants.”

Maroney’s charges of indecent exposure and disorderly conduct stem from an Aug. 4, 2024, incident where he was allegedly seen committing an act of sexual gratification on closed-circuit cameras at the Gumby’s in Glen Gale.

Maroney’s DUI charge stems from a Sept. 23, 2024, incident where McMechen Police officers pulled over Maroney after he allegedly committed “numerous traffic infractions,” according to a news release from McMechen Police Chief Robert Shilling. After the roadside investigation, Shilling arrested Maroney on suspicion of driving under the influence.