By Natalie Jones
Baltimore Sun
BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. — The Baltimore County paramedic accused of filming himself masturbating into his colleagues’ food and on public property was offered a plea deal Tuesday ahead of a scheduled trial in October.
If Christopher Carroll accepts a deal to plead guilty to three counts of causing another person to ingest bodily fluid, prosecutors are recommending a 30-year sentence with all but 20 years suspended, as well as five years of probation, according to Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger.
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Each count carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and up to a $2,500 fine. Under Maryland law, a person convicted of and incarcerated for these kinds of offenses would be eligible for parole after serving at least a quarter of their total sentence.
Court records show a plea hearing is tentatively set for Aug. 21 in Baltimore County Circuit Court.
Carroll, 36, was charged in February with 20 counts of causing another person to ingest bodily fluid and three counts of malicious destruction of property after law enforcement began investigating allegations of misconduct in November. Each charge is a misdemeanor.
“In all my years as a prosecutor, I don’t recall ever seeing charges like that,” Shellenberger said Wednesday, referring to the counts related to bodily fluid.
Details of the case
Charging documents state that a Baltimore County Fire Department supervisor lodged a complaint about Carroll’s alleged activity in late November, telling investigators they were made aware of an X account that had posted videos showing Carroll nude and engaged in sexual acts “that would cause others to unknowingly come into contact with or ingest [his] bodily fluid.”
Investigators also found a video purportedly showing Carroll walking up to an ice machine with his penis exposed through the fly of his pants, according to the documents.
At a bail hearing in February, prosecutors described several videos of Carroll allegedly ejaculating and urinating on county property, which included an ambulance, an air conditioning vent and a communal pot of chili, as well as in an ice scooper and bottles of juice and hand soap. That day, a judge ordered Carroll to remain held in jail without bond.
The allegations spurred Baltimore County officials to order hazmat cleaning and new ice machines at all 25 of its professional fire stations and on certain floors of a public building in Towson, at an estimated cost of roughly $263,000.
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