By Luke Parker
Baltimore Sun
BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. — A Baltimore County paramedic accused of masturbating into his family’s food and hygiene products has appealed the protective order granted to his wife last month, court records show.
Christopher M. Carroll, 36, formally protested the final protective order on Wednesday, challenging a Harford County judge’s ruling that barred him from entering his family’s registered address in Street, a rural community in the northern part of the county.
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According to the Maryland Judiciary, the restraints of the final order on Dec. 29 appeared to be scaled back from a temporary order issued a week earlier, which forbade him from contacting his two children and directed him to stay away from their school.
Neither Carroll, a Nottingham resident, nor his attorney, Shannon Kowitz, responded to comment requests.
As of Wednesday evening, Carroll has not been named by public safety officials in Baltimore County as the paramedic accused of masturbating and urinating on both fire department property and that of his colleagues.
However, in her protective order request last month, Carroll’s wife wrote that she “was made aware of an ongoing criminal investigation by Baltimore County PD involving [her] estranged husband.” She said that she was shown pornographic videos posted online that depict Carroll ejaculating into a bottle of her mouthwash, as well as “items belonging to our children.”
When asked for the dates of the alleged injuries, Carroll’s wife wrote, “Date unknown.”
Details of the allegations
In December, The Baltimore Sun reviewed since-deleted videos on pornographic subscription sites dating back to Sept. 2024. Some of the captions described sex acts happening “at work,” in his coworkers’ drinks, ChapStick, and salad dressing.
During the final protective order hearing last month, Carroll testified that he had created the videos. He described them as “role play” and “parody” content between “consensual adults that are creating this for art.” Any of the items he made a video with were his, he told a judge.
“Did you knowingly cause her or the children to ingest bodily fluid?” Kowitz asked in the recording.
“Absolutely not,” Carroll replied.
The allegations spurred the fire department to order hazmat cleaning for its Towson headquarters and all 25 of its career fire stations, according to a staff-wide email sent by Baltimore County Fire Chief Joseph Dixon.
They have also caused some firefighters to seek legal counsel.
State court records show that as of Wednesday afternoon, the only recent cases against Carroll were the protective order and divorce bids filed by his wife. Additionally, the last case made against the Baltimore County Fire Department was opened in September, almost three months before the first accusations were reported.
Although county officials have not provided an update on their weekslong investigation, court documents show a Harford County judge allowed the wife’s contact information to be shielded from her divorce record due to “pending criminal charges.”
It was not immediately clear what those charges would be, who they would be filed against, or when they might enter the court system.
The investigation continues
In a phone call Wednesday, Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger added “the police are continuing their investigation and will meet with the State’s Attorney’s Office when that’s completed to review potential criminal charges.”
A county police spokesperson referred to their original statement that they were conducting an investigation into the matter and that the case remains open.
The Baltimore County Fire Department did not respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
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