A woman faces felony charges in Evansville, Indiana for a DoorDash delivery in which she allegedly sprayed food with a substance that made customers vomit.
In a press releasethe Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office said it was contacted Dec. 7 by a man who said he and his wife vomited and felt a burning sensation in their mouth, nose, throat and stomach after eating fast food ordered through DoorDash.
The man told NBC News that he noticed something red had been sprayed on the delivery bag, so he checked the video from their doorbell camera. According to the sheriff’s department, the video shows that after putting down the food and taking a photo, the woman appeared to spray a substance toward the food from a small aerosol can attached to her keychain.
The sheriff’s department said that using DoorDash records, detectives identified the woman as Kourtney Stevenson of Kentucky, who told local police in a phone call that she was working for DoorDash while visiting her father and had used pepper spray to spray a spider. But the department also said that with an overnight low of 35 degrees Fahrenheit, “outdoor spiders in Indiana are inactive and would not be able to crawl on exposed surfaces.”
When Stevenson allegedly refused to come in for an interview, detectives obtained a warrant to arrest her for battery resulting in minor injury and consumer product violation. She is now awaiting extradition in Indiana.
A DoorDash spokesperson said in a statement that Stevenson has been banned from the platform.
“We have absolutely zero tolerance for this type of appalling behavior,” the spokesperson said. “Dasher’s access to the platform has been permanently removed and our team is supporting law enforcement with their investigation.”
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The New York Times and NBC News Both say it’s unclear if Stevenson has an attorney who can comment on her behalf.
