During an interview with The Guardian in 2014 of the documentary film "Ronald", Maggard stated that he portrayed the Ronald McDonald character from 1995 to 2007, replacing Jack Doepke. However, in a 2003 article by The Baltimore Sun, McDonald's stated that Maggard was a only lighting stand-in for one commercial shoot in the mid 90s and stated that "he is definitely not Ronald McDonald", as Jack Doepke and David Hussey actually portrayed the character throughout the time period in which Maggard claimed to have held the role. In 1998, he was charged with carrying a weapon in New Hanover County, N.C. The following year he was convicted of making harassing telephone calls while posing as Ronald and was ordered to take anger management classes.