Donald Albert Foster, III (Source: Lexington County Detention Center)Donald Albert Foster, III, 49, faces attempted murder and second-degree burglary charges in connection with the case.
Calling the charges against him a "big misunderstanding," Foster asked the court to grant him bond so he could go home to his family.
"I'm not going anywhere," Foster said. "I want to go home to my daughter and take care of my family and go to court."
Prosecutors had asked the judge to not set any sort of bond.
Arrest warrants say Foster entered Fresenius Medical Services on Sum Mor Drive about 9 p.m. on July 7. Foster had just been suspended without pay from the clinic and was told to not trespass on the property.
Warrants go on to say Foster poured chlorine bleach into a water holding tank that is used to supply water for the dialysis machines. Deputies say Foster knew from his training at the facility that contaminated water would kill any patients receiving treatment.
Employees at the clinic were able to catch the contamination thanks to a regular test of the water. Those tests confirmed the water would have killed a dialysis patient.
A hearing for Foster has been scheduled for Nov. 15.
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