US EditionDoorDash Customer Says Driver Sprayed ‘Irritant Substance’ on Delivery; Sheriff Investigates
Kourtney Stevenson faces four felony charges including consumer product tampering after her arrest for allegedly contaminating a delivered meal with pepper spray, causing illness.
- Updated Dec. 12, 2025: Kentucky authorities arrested Kourtney N. Stevenson after a Dec. 7 doorbell video showed her spraying a substance toward a meal in Vanderburgh County.
- The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office says the probe began when Mark Cardin reported that he and his wife fell ill after eating the delivery on Dec. 7, and Stevenson told detectives she sprayed at a spider, a claim found dubious.
- Doorbell camera footage shows the Dasher spray a substance from a small aerosol can on her keychain, while the couple reported burning sensations and vomiting after eating, investigators subsequently said.
- Prosecutors charged Kourtney N. Stevenson with four felonies, and she is being held in Kentucky without bond before extradition to Indiana, with a $3,500 bond upon extradition.
- The viral video drew national coverage, including NBC News, and Noah Robinson, Vanderburgh County Sheriff, praised detectives and urged trust in food delivery safety.
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UPDATE: McCracken County Woman arrested on felony charges after allegedly spraying substance on Evansville DoorDash delivery
A Paducah woman was arrested on Dec. 12 and subsequently charged with multiple felonies after allegedly spraying a substance on an Evansville, Indiana DoorDash delivery order.
DoorDash driver, charged with a felony, gives excuse for shooting pepper spray in food · American Wire News
A DoorDash driver has been arrested after allegedly spraying an irritant on a customer’s food delivery. Kentucky woman Kourtney N. Stevenson was taken into custody by the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office on Friday after Mark Cardin’s wife became ill while eating the Arby’s that Stevenson had delivered. Video footage from the couple’s doorbell camera shows a purple-haired delivery person, identified as Stevenson, drop a bag off on the porch of t…
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RocketNewsDoorDash driver faces felony charges after allegedly spraying customers’ food
A woman is facing felony charges in Evansville, Indiana over a DoorDash delivery in which she allegedly sprayed the food with a substance that made the customers vomit.
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