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A judge sentenced former Baltimore County paramedic Christopher Carroll to 25 years after he pleaded guilty to contaminating workplace food and ice.
CBS Baltimore and WBAL reported that on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, Christopher M. Carroll, 36, was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty in August to three counts of causing another to ingest bodily fluids. Prosecutors had asked for 30 years. He admitted contaminating fire-station food and ice, recording the acts, and posting videos online.
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A 25-year sentence after a guilty plea is the judgment on the admitted counts. It is not a new trial. CBS Baltimore reported the state had asked for 30 years. WBAL reported the three counts run consecutively. The plea in August was the conviction on those three counts.
CBS Baltimore and WBAL reported that on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, Christopher M. Carroll, 36, a former Baltimore County Fire Department paramedic, was sentenced to 25 years in prison. In August he pleaded guilty to three counts of causing another to ingest bodily fluids. WBAL reported the three terms run consecutively. The Baltimore County State's Attorney's Office said the state had asked for 30 years.
CBS Baltimore reported Carroll worked at a county fire station and at fire department headquarters. Court records described in coverage said he put semen in communal coffee creamer and on a supervisor's keyboard, urinated in an ice machine at Station 2 in Pikesville, and contaminated food and an ambulance. Police said he was caught on surveillance video, filmed himself, and posted videos online. He was arrested in February and held without bond.
Carroll told the court he was truly sorry, the Baltimore Banner reported, and CBS Baltimore carried that account from its partner. He has been convicted on the counts he admitted and sentenced. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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