A Baltimore County paramedic pleaded guilty Friday to three charges related to masturbating and urinating on food and personal items at county fire stations and causing his colleagues to ingest his bodily fluids.

Christopher M. Carroll, 36, agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors that could result in a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, followed by five years’ probation.

Baltimore County Circuit Judge Dennis M. Robinson Jr. is scheduled to hear victim impact statements and decide Carroll’s sentence on Oct. 13.

Carroll attended Friday morning’s hearing dressed in an orange jumpsuit, his hands cuffed in front of him. As sheriff’s deputies escorted him into the courtroom, he avoided eye contact with a handful of uniformed fire employees observing from the gallery.

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Carroll spoke only when answering questions from Robinson, affirming to the judge that he understood the plea agreement and agreed to waive his right to a trial.

Seth Okin, Carroll’s defense attorney, and Austen E. Cohen, a lawyer representing Carroll’s victims, declined to comment after the hearing.

Carroll, who previously lived in Harford County and most recently had an address in Pennsylvania, was arrested in February and charged with 20 bodily-fluid counts and three counts of property destruction stemming from alleged lewd acts at public safety headquarters in Towson and a fire station in Pikesville.

Assistant State’s Attorney Logan Frye said in court Friday that Carroll filmed himself performing the acts and posted videos to his social media pages and subscribers-only pornography websites, such as JustForFans. Investigators determined three of the videos took place late last year in Baltimore County.

One shows Carroll, dressed in his paramedic uniform and with distinctive tattoos visible, urinating into an ice machine, wiping his penis on the scoop and mixing his urine with the ice before flashing a thumbs-up to the camera. It was captioned: “They always say, don’t drink the yellow snow ....But I’m just trying to make a slushy!!...”

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At least 16 employees used the ice machine before discovering it was contaminated, Frye said.

Another video showed showed Carroll in his female supervisor’s office, nude and masturbating into a coffee creamer bottle that he then returned to a shared refrigerator. A third showed him ejaculating onto the supervisor’s keyboard, near where she typically eats breakfast and lunch.

Investigators tested items seen in the videos and found they contained Carroll’s bodily fluids and DNA, authorities said. The videos also were found on electronic devices investigators seized from Carroll in December.

Carroll sat motionless with his head lowered as Frye described the videos. He previously acknowledged making and posting sexually explicit content but claimed he was being artistic and engaging in “role play.” He denied the items in the videos belonged to his colleagues, even though the captions suggested otherwise.

His estranged wife, who has filed for divorce, was awarded a protective order in December after alleging Carroll contaminated a toothbrush, a mouthwash bottle and a marinade at their Harford County home. Carroll claimed the marinade was never served to his family.

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Amid an investigation into Carroll, the fire department initiated a “hazmat cleaning” of all stations and offices; replaced ice machines; and offered counseling, crisis resources and health testing to employees. Some vehicles were also sanitized.

Carroll has been held without bond at the Baltimore County Detention Center since February.

Had the case gone to trial, he faced up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $2,500 for each bodily-fluid count. Penalties were less severe for the property-destruction charges.

Carroll, who has no prior criminal history, works on the fire department’s quick response team, assisting people in mental health crises and suffering from addiction. Spokesperson Travis Francis said in an email Thursday that Carroll remains employed by the department.