A DoorDash driver accused of dousing a customer’s order with a substance in Indiana told authorities she had been trying to target a spider with pepper spray, officials said Friday.
Kourtney Stevenson, who was caught using the spray on a customer’s doorbell camera while making a delivery in Evansville on Dec. 7, told Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office detectives that she was “afraid of spiders,” the agency said in a news release.
“The overnight low will be 35°F,” the release said. “At these temperatures, Indiana’s outdoor spiders are not active and unable to crawl on exposed surfaces.”
Stevenson, 29, was arrested after canceling an interview with detectives, the agency said.
She faces four felonies – two counts of battery causing moderate injury and two counts of tampering with a consumer product, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Stevenson, who told investigators she was visiting her father in Indiana, is being held without bail in Kentucky before being extradited to Indiana, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
It was unclear whether she had a lawyer who could speak on her behalf.
DoorDash said in an earlier statement that it had revoked Stevenson’s access to the platform.
“We have absolutely zero tolerance for this egregious behavior,” the company said.
A customer whose home delivery appeared to be sprayed told NBC News that his wife began choking and vomiting after taking a bite of her meal last weekend.
“Residents should be able to trust that the food they order for their families is safe,” Vanderburgh County Sheriff Noah Robinson said in a statement in the release. “When someone violates that trust and endangers others, we will respond immediately and file charges.”
This article originally appeared on NBCNews.com
