College student caught on surveillance camera poisoning roommates' food
Columbia, S.C. -- A University of South Carolina student faces charges after she was allegedly caught on camera spitting and putting window cleaner in her roommates' food.
In the video, 22-year-old Hayley King can be seen taking out containers of food from the refrigerator shared with two other women in an off-campus house. King can then be seen allegedly spraying Windex on the food and pouring glass cleaner into the containers, according WIS-TV.
One of the roommates said that she ate out of a container that had been diluted with spit and Windex, according to The State.
King and her roommates were having multiple altercations leading up to the incident, according to the police report. King's other roommates had been trying to get her to move out because of the fight, but King had refused to leave. The other roommates said they installed the surveillance cameras out of concern over what King may have been doing at the house in their absence.
A police investigator contacted King after viewing the video, where the student "confessed to the incident," according to the police report.
"The aftermath...caused me to fall behind in my classes," one of King's roommates told WIS-TV. "I was forced to switch out of one of my courses because I was so distracted with everything going on. This not only affected me physically, having to deal with the repercussions of the incident, but also mentally from the anxiety that came along with it."
King has been charged with unlawful, malicious tampering with human drug product or food -- a Class C Felony -- and could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted, according to WIS-TV. King was released a day after her arrest after posting a $5,000 bond. Her next court appearance is May 4.
