The blue haired DoorDash driver who casually pepper sprayed a customer’s food and nearly sent a woman to the hospital has now been identified, arrested, and is already offering one of the dumbest excuses imaginable. Police in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, confirmed that 29 year old Kourtney Stevenson was arrested after DoorDash records linked her to the incident that shocked anyone who saw the Ring camera footage.
The attack happened just after midnight on December 7 in northern Vanderburgh County. The video is disturbing in its simplicity. Stevenson walks up to the door, pauses, pulls out pepper spray, and calmly sprays it directly into the food bag while staring at her phone. No panic. No reaction. No sign of surprise. Then she walks away like she just dropped off napkins.
When questioned by authorities, Stevenson admitted she sprayed the food. Her explanation? She claims she was trying to spray a spider, not poison the meal. That excuse collapses instantly the moment you watch the video. There is no spider scramble, no startled movement, no attempt to swat or jump back. She aims straight down into the bag with purpose. If that is how she hunts spiders, Indiana’s insect population should be terrified.
The Evansville Courier Press reports Stevenson now faces two counts of battery resulting in moderate injury and two counts of consumer product tampering. Those are serious charges, and they should be. This was not a prank. This was a deliberate act that could have caused severe injury or worse.
The victim’s husband, Mark Cardin, described what happened after the food was brought inside. His wife took a few bites and immediately began choking and gasping for air. She threw up shortly afterward. That is what pepper spray does. This was not imaginary. This was not an allergic reaction. This was chemical exposure to food.
Cardin checked the bag, noticed residue, and then reviewed the doorbell footage. What he saw confirmed his worst suspicion. The food had been intentionally tampered with. Authorities agreed, and Stevenson was arrested shortly thereafter.
This incident raises serious questions about trust and accountability in gig economy services. People order food assuming the person delivering it will not intentionally poison them. That is not an unreasonable expectation. Yet here we are, watching someone casually commit a felony and then shrug it off with a spider story that insults everyone’s intelligence.
Hopefully investigators dig deeper into Stevenson’s motive. Was it random cruelty, political rage, personal grievance, or something else entirely? Whatever the reason, this was malicious behavior that could have ended far worse.
Years behind bars would not be an overreaction. When someone turns food delivery into a weapon, society has every right to respond firmly. This was not an accident. It was a choice. And now it comes with consequences.
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