A former Birmingham-area physician has pleaded guilty on a “peeping Tom” charge and has been sentenced to serve 60 days in the Hoover City Jail.

Paul Douglas Roller, 59, was indicted last year on one count of criminal surveillance and two counts of aggravated criminal surveillance/invasion of privacy.

Roller, who lives in Birmingham, was initially arrested by Homewood police on two of the charges in July 2020. His medical license was permanently revoked after that arrest.

Roller specialized in geriatric medicine.

Roller pleaded guilty in November 2024 to one count of misdemeanor criminal surveillance before Circuit Judge Kechia Davis. The other two charges were dismissed as part of the plea.

He was sentenced to 10 years with 60 days to actually serve and is serving that time in the Hoover City Jail. He is paying a per diem to serve his time there.

Roller began his sentence on Monday.

The case was prosecuted by Jefferson County Deputy District Attorney Lauren Breland.

At the time of his arrest, police said Homewood officers on May 3, 2020, responded to a home in the Edgewood community on a report of a peeping Tom. A report was completed, evidence was collected from the scene, and the case was assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division.

Detectives analyzed the collected evidence and upon further investigation, to include the execution of two search warrants, were able to identify Roller as the suspect.

He was arrested and later released on bond.

The Alabama Medical Licensure Commission in 2021 announced it had permanently revoked Roller’s license.

The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners is the state agency responsible for regulating the practice of medicine in Alabama. The Medical Licensure Commission issues licenses and rules on formal charges brought against physicians.

The board stated Roller was charged with “engaging in unprofessional conduct” and “being unable to practice medicine with reasonable skill and safety to his patients.”

He was represented by attorneys Max Pulliam and Tommy Spina.

Spina said Roller has accepted responsibility for his actions and has also resolved civil, financial obligations to the victims.

“On his behalf, I am, for him, expressing deep remorse and contrition to those directly affected by his actions,’’ Spina said. “He will forever be registered under Alabama’s exceptionally punitive Sex Offender Registration Act.”