“While the charges are still under investigation, if true, this allegation is obviously not up to the standard of what we expect from our elected leaders in the State Senate of West Virginia.” ...

Former West Virginia Senator Mike Maroney appeared ... but denied the request to suppress the evidence against the former senator. Maroney faces charges stemming from two separate incidents ...

He stripped down — and was stripped of his duties. An outgoing West Virginia state senator was removed from his committee positions after he was accused of indecent exposure at a gambling parlor ...