Pepper spray filled the air on a chilly December night. A DoorDash driver set down a simple food bag then gave it an extra unwanted spritz. The couple inside soon felt burning pain and rushed to vomit. Yet the real shock came from their doorbell camera. It captured every suspicious move.  

It's late at night and you don't feel like cooking so you put a DoorDash order in. You eat your food and shortly after, you and your husband get sick.
You check your doorbell camera and see the order being delivered but you also notice that the dasher is spraying your food with… pic.twitter.com/TluZUqUZ8m

— ꧁Bobbi꧂ (@SaltyBitch_52) March 20, 2026

Pepper Spray Incident Rocks Evansville Couple

Mark and his wife had ordered late-night takeout from Arby’s through DoorDash. They ate the meal around midnight on December 7, 2025. Burning hit their mouths, noses, throats, and stomachs right away. Both started vomiting fast. They rewatched their porch video and spotted the driver spraying something from a tiny keychain can straight at the bag. Therefore, they called the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office to report the blue-haired bandit. Detectives jumped on the case.  

How Detectives Nabbed the Pepper Spray Dasher

Officers subpoenaed DoorDash records. They quickly linked the delivery to Kourtney N. Stevenson, a 29-year-old from McCracken County, Kentucky. She had been visiting her dad in Evansville and dashing for extra cash. Meanwhile, Stevenson agreed to a phone chat but skipped the in-person meeting. She later claimed she sprayed a spider because she feared them. However, the sheriff laughed that off. Overnight lows sat at 35 degrees. No spider would stroll outside then.  

The Spider Story Behind the Pepper Spray 

Stevenson told detectives the spray targeted bugs only. Yet the video showed clear aim at the food. Victims suffered real harm from the aerosol. Therefore, DoorDash banned her account forever and called it zero-tolerance behavior. However, trust in delivery apps took a big hit. Folks everywhere joked about checking bags for surprise seasoning.  

In a chilling act caught on doorbell camera, former DoorDash driver Kourtney N. Stevenson, 29, pepper-sprayed a couple’s late-night Arby’s order in Vanderburgh County, Indiana,

The footage shows her placing the bag on the porch, snapping the required delivery photo, then… pic.twitter.com/fveiHv1pA4

— Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) December 13, 2025

Charges and Bond for Pepper Spray Suspect

On December 12, 2025, Kentucky deputies arrested Stevenson on an Indiana warrant. Therefore, she faced two Level 6 felony counts of battery causing moderate injury plus two Level 5 counts of consumer product tampering. Bond sat at $3,500 cash. She moved to Vanderburgh County Jail then posted bond days later and walked free. No trial updates have surfaced since. This pepper spray saga shows how one malicious act can upend lives. It leaves Americans wondering: when everyday deliveries turn criminal, how do we keep our families safe without losing faith in simple conveniences?  

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