EMT Who Hid Camera In Lambertville Bathrooms Gets 90 Days In Jail

FLEMINGTON, NJ — A former EMT will serve 90 days in the Warren County Jail after pleading guilty to three invasion of privacy counts for secretly recording the bathrooms at two Hunterdon County rescue squad buildings, including the building in Lambertville.

Douglas Gimson, 32, offered an apology Friday to the 13 men and women he filmed, according to My Central Jersey.

Telling Superior Court Judge Angela Borkowski that it had been a "mistake," he said, "I can't imagine what they're going through."

Under the terms of his plea agreement, Gimson will forfeit his EMT license in New Jersey, be sentenced to between three years and 20 days probation in the Sheriff's Labor Assistance Program, and complete a psychosexual evaluation and treatment.

He was also ordered to have no contact with victims and cannot work in the medical field, as reported by My Central Jersey.

He was charged in both the city of Lambertville and the borough of Flemington in December of 2020, after a joint investigation by the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office's Special Victims Unit, the Flemington Borough Police Department, and the Lambertville City Police Department found that he "observed and secretly recorded multiple individuals while they were in various bathrooms without the identified victims' knowledge or consent."

These incidents occurred in Lambertville between November of 2016 and May of 2017, and in Flemington between November of 2019 and March of 2020, the prosecutor's office said. Gimson was working as a licensed EMT at the time.

Some of his victims said they felt "humiliated" and had endured psychological trauma. My Central Jersey reported that Borowski told Gimson he still had "a long way to go" in understanding the consequences of his actions.

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