Baltimore County firehouse contamination disease risk low but major psychological toll for firefighters

By Todd Karpovich

Baltimore Sun

BALTIMORE — After a Baltimore County paramedic was accused of masturbating with and urinating on coworkers’ food and personal items, officials say the risk of disease transmission appears low. But the psychological toll on fire personnel could prove more significant.

Captions on pornographic videos allegedly posted by the paramedic on subscription sites — since deleted but recovered by The Baltimore Sun through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine — appear to show bodily fluids being placed at work into items labeled as a “coworker’s lemonade,” “coworker’s dressing” and “job’s ranch.” Other videos depict a man performing sex acts with what captions describe as a “coworker’s chapstick” and a “stranger’s toothbrush at work.”

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