Michael J. Maroney, 51, on charges of conspiracy, house of ill fame and assignation and prostitution. He is one of several men to be charged in a prostitution probe in the Marshall County city over the past two months.
Glen Dale police said Maroney, R-Marshall, sent text messages to accused prostitute Cortnie Ann Clark, 30, on multiple occasions from mid-May until mid-June and arranged meetings. A subsequent search warrant filed in Pennsylvania allowed authorities to search his vehicle Aug.
Maroney allegedly called Clark, and she later texted him back, beginning a dialogue. That conversation continued into the early morning hours of May 16, at which time Clark allegedly asked Maroney to text her a photograph of himself.
He initially declined, and Clark allegedly told him she could not meet with him without a photo. At the close of that conversation, shortly after 1 a. May 16, Maroney sent her a picture, police said. In the photo, police said he was looking directly into the camera, smiling and wearing a light blue polo shirt. Quick in and out.
He drove to her Glen Haven Avenue house in Glen Dale, but police did not indicate whether the two engaged in sex. The last text between the two allegedly happened June 13, when Clark sent a suggestive photograph to Maroney. Vogel said investigators are still trying to determine if Maroney engaged in sex with Clark, but their discussion of her rates rises to the level of soliciting prostitution.
