DoorDash driver charged with felony food tampering after alleged pepper spray incident goes viral

A Kentucky pistillate is down bars aft allegedly pepper-spraying a DoorDash customer’s nutrient — aboriginal telling authorities she was aiming the substance astatine a spider.

Kourtney N. Stevenson was arrested Friday by the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office aft a doorbell camera appeared to seizure her spraying thing connected a customer's bid during a delivery, an incidental that near a joined mates sick and rapidly went viral online.

Stevenson is present facing aggregate felony charges, including artillery resulting successful mean wounded and user merchandise tampering, according to a quality merchandise from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office.

"Residents should beryllium capable to spot that the nutrient they bid for their families is safe," Sheriff Noah Robinson said successful a statement. "When idiosyncratic violates that spot and endangers others, we volition respond with urgency, and we volition prosecute charges."

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Kourtney N. Stevenson was arrested Friday by the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office. (Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office)

The lawsuit began connected Dec. 7 successful bluish Vanderburgh County, Indiana, erstwhile Mark Cardin reported that helium and his woman became sick soon aft receiving their late-night DoorDash order, section outlet 14 NEWS reported.

Both suffered burning sensations successful their mouths, noses, throats and stomachs earlier vomiting, authorities said.

When the mates reviewed their doorbell camera footage, they saw the transportation operator — a pistillate with bluish and purple hairsbreadth — driblet disconnected the order, drawback a photo, past spray a substance toward the nutrient earlier walking away, according to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office.

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The lawsuit began connected Dec. 7 successful Indiana, erstwhile Mark Cardin reported that helium and his woman became sick soon aft receiving their late-night DoorDash order. (Mark Cardin / Facebook )

Records from DoorDash confirmed the operator was Stevenson, authorities said.

When detectives contacted Stevenson, she claimed she was pepper-spraying a spider she spotted during the delivery. However, investigators noted that temperatures dipped to 35 degrees Fahrenheit that night, which is excessively acold for outdoor spiders successful Indiana to beryllium active.

"She told detectives that she utilized capsicum spray, not connected the food, but to spray a spider she said she saw portion making the delivery," the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office said. "She explained that she is terrified of spiders. The overnight debased was 35 degrees Fahrenheit. At that temperature, outdoor spiders successful Indiana are not progressive and would not beryllium susceptible of crawling connected exposed surfaces."

Stevenson besides said she had been successful Indiana visiting her begetter and was doing DoorDash deliveries during her stay, officials said.

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Records from DoorDash confirmed the operator was Stevenson, authorities said. (Mark Cardin / Facebook)

Stevenson has been charged with 2 level 6 felony counts of artillery resulting successful mean injury, arsenic good arsenic 2 level 5 felony counts of user merchandise tampering.

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As of Friday, she was being held without enslaved until extradition to Indiana. The warrant carries a $3,500 currency bond, authorities said.

DoorDash confirmed to Fox News Digital past week that it had terminated Stevenson.

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

Fox News Digital's Bonny Chu contributed to this report.